Energizing Africa: What Will It Take to Accelerate Access & Improve Lives? | 2024 Spring Meetings

SPEAKERS
- Ajay Banga, President, World Bank Group
- Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group
- Abdessalam Ould Mohamed Saleh, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Mauritania
- Ernesto Max Elia Tonela, Minister of Economy and Finance, Mozambique
- Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister of Finance, Ghana
- Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the African Department, @imf
- Kevin Kariuki, Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, African Development Bank
- Folake Soetan, CEO of Ikeja Electric Plc
- Hans Olav Kvalvaag, CEO of Release by Scatec
- Hassanein Hiridjee, CEO of Axian Group
- Lucy Heintz, Partner, Head of Energy Infrastructure, Actis
- Patrick Walsh, CEO and Co-Founder of Sun King
- Moderator: Nozipho Mbanjwa Tshabalala, Moderator

AGENDA
00:00 Explainer video: How can Africa power up its future?
02:15 Fireside chat with World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina
20:55 Data visualization on energy access in Africa
22:27 Panel discussion: Collaborative solutions between the public and private sectors
1:00:31 Spoken word: Ghanaian poet Nora Anyidoho on access to electricty
1:02:42 Panel discussion: Address barriers to achieving energy access goals

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