Heine Melkevik
Senior Advisor ICA Finance
2024 Conference Agenda Sessions
PANEL DISCUSSION: Mobilising Capital at Scale: A Call to Action for Investors
With a growing population and economic boom, Africa urgently needs reliable and sustainable energy. Its vast renewable resources and underdeveloped infrastructure present a significant investment opportunity. This opening keynote panel will explore Africa's power and energy needs, its role in the global energy transition, and how to attract investment to drive growth. Experts will discuss financing renewable energy projects, navigating Africa's carbon markets (including the VCM environment), and mobilizing capital at scale.
Key areas of discussion:
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What are the most pressing energy challenges facing Africa today? What have been the solutions for mobilising capital at scale?
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Derisking to attract more capital - what alternatives do we have?
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How can Africa leverage its carbon assets to attract investments and finance climate action? And how can carbon markets be designed to deliver sustainable benefits for African communities?
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Barriers to scaling, who's unlocking investors?
Wednesday 09 October 14:45 - 15:30 Energy Stage
Africa Power & Energy
Key areas of discussion:
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What are the most pressing energy challenges facing Africa today? What have been the solutions for mobilising capital at scale?
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Derisking to attract more capital - what alternatives do we have?
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How can Africa leverage its carbon assets to attract investments and finance climate action? And how can carbon markets be designed to deliver sustainable benefits for African communities?
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Barriers to scaling, who's unlocking investors?
AOW 2023 Programme Sessions
Structuring the Deals of the Future
As African operators and asset owners seek to raise billions to grow oil & gas production and expand energy infrastructure, global competition to access capital is intensifying. For most investors and financiers, projects must demonstrate their compliance with global ESG standards and alignment with a lower carbon future to be attractive. What does that mean for African oil & gas projects?
- What are the key requirements any African project must consider to be bankable and attractive in the current market environment?
- How can lenders to African deals support and ensure their borrowers look to reduce carbon emissions and play their part in the energy transition?
- What alternative funding models can be considered to attract investment?
- The requirement for a “lenders’ environmental adviser”: how important is this for lenders?
- When will an Environmental and Social Action Plan be required and how important is that document to a successful financing?
Thursday 12 October 11:15 - 12:00 Stage B
Finance and M&A Forum
As African operators and asset owners seek to raise billions to grow oil & gas production and expand energy infrastructure, global competition to access capital is intensifying. For most investors and financiers, projects must demonstrate their compliance with global ESG standards and alignment with a lower carbon future to be attractive. What does that mean for African oil & gas projects?
- What are the key requirements any African project must consider to be bankable and attractive in the current market environment?
- How can lenders to African deals support and ensure their borrowers look to reduce carbon emissions and play their part in the energy transition?
- What alternative funding models can be considered to attract investment?
- The requirement for a “lenders’ environmental adviser”: how important is this for lenders?
- When will an Environmental and Social Action Plan be required and how important is that document to a successful financing?
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