Presidents & Vice Presidents Loading H.E. Honourable President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Togolese Republic H.E. Honourable Jeremiah Kpan Koung Vice President, Liberia
Ministers & Ambassadors Loading H.E. Honourable Obongemem Ekperikpe Ekpo Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources, Nigeria H.E. Honourable Robert Koffi Messan Eklo Minister of Mines and Energy Resources, Togolese Republic H.E. Honourable Nani Juwara Minister of Petroleum & Energy, The Gambia H.E. Honourable Jose Carlos Varela Casimiro Minister of Energy, Guinea-Bissau HE. Honourable Myriam de Souza-D’Almeida Minister of Grassroots Development, Youth and Youth Employment, Togolese Republic H.E. Gwilym Jones European Union Ambassador to the Togolese Republic
Utilities, Transmission & Distribution Organisations Loading Karimou Chabi-Sika Managing Director, CEB, Benin Ahmadou Bakayoko General Manager, Compagnie Ivoirienne de'Electricité (CIE), Cote d’Ivoire Hon. Samuel Kofi Dzamesi CEO, Bui Power Authority, Ghana Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa Chief Executive, Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana Rekhiat Momoh CEO & Managing Director, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), Nigeria Debo-K'mba Barandao Director General, Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo (CEET), Togolese Republic Noupokou Dammipi Deputy Director General, CEB, Benin
Regulators Loading Njogou Lamin Bah Director General, PURA, The Gambia Abidé Bataba-Agamah Legal Director, ARSE, Togolese Republic
Public Sector Organisations Loading Rukaiya El-Rufai Special Adviser to the President, National Economic Council & Climate Change President’s Office Federal Republic of Nigeria Bangaly Maty Energy & Infrastructure Adviser to the Prime Minister, Chief of Government of Guinea (West Africa), Prime Minister’s Office, Guinea Tchapo Singo Director General of Energy, Ministry of Mines & Energy Resources, Togolese Republic Abbas Aboulaye Director of Cabinet of the Minister of Mines & Energy, Togolese Republic Degla Essegon Essenouwa Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo Deputy Director General, CEET Abdoul Fahd Fofana Minister Delegate Grassroots Development, Financial Inclusion, Youth and Youth Employment Togolese Republic Kpowbié Tchasso Akaya Secretary General, Ministry of Finance, Togolese Republic Aminata Bocar Ba TBI Senior Energy Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Mines & Energy Resources, Togolese Republic Abdel Gafar Akondo Project Manager, Direction General of Energy, Togolese Republic Adama Soro President, EFEDCOM (West African Federation of the Chamber of Mines) Michelle Burkett CEO, West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAGPCo) William Amuna Advisor, Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Ghana
DFIs & Multinationals Loading Hassan Sako Manager, Project Finance & Asset Based Finance, AFREXIM Ify Emelife Chief Resource Mobilization & Partnership Specialist, AfDB Alex Owusu-Ansah Chief Regional Energy Expert, AfDB Richard Charlton Director & Head of Infrastructure Equity Africa & Pakistan, BII Bernhard van Meeteran Sector Specialist, Energy Project Finance, FMO Weifeng Lu Principal Investment Officer, IFC Charles Wilfred Abedier Senior Investment Officer, IFC Armel Vido Energy Sector Coordinator, KfW Development Bank Ousmane Diagana Vice President of West and Central Africa, The World Bank
Private Sector Loading Joel Musikingala Senior Manager, Project Development, AMEA Power Moshood Abolade Investment Director, Africa50 Infrastructure Investments Adaobi Nnorukah Investment Director, ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Kodjo Attaty Regional Underwriter, Francophone Countries, ATIDI Ndeye Ngone Tall Project Manager, Axian Energy Cluster Felicia Djibo Partner, Consulting, Deloitte Akin II Omoboriowo Chairman & CEO, Genesis Energy Bruno Boutes Business Development Manager, InfraCo Africa Mansour Touré-Tia CEO, Kékéli Efficient Power (Eranove Group) Oliver Reynolds Market Insights & Data Manager, GOGLA Jeff Felten Director of Africa Consulting, GreenMax Capital Advisors Youssef Stitou Senior Project Manager, JESA Yassine Taoussi Projects Director, Energy, JESA Yao Azoumah CEO, Kya Energy Thomas Samuel President, Moon & Sunna Design Neb Girma Practice Lead, Senior Director, Millenium Challenge Corporation David McGill Director, Energy, Millenium Challenge Corporation Jean-Baptiste Ky President, President, Autorité de Régulation du Secteur de l’Énergie (ARSE), Burkina Faso Emeka Okpukpara Partner, Nextier Group Pepin Tchouate Heteu Partnerships Coordinator, Power Africa Empower West Africa André Larocque Investment & Innovation Lead, Power Africa Empower West Africa Andrea Bertello Director of Country Engagements & Partnerships, RELP Yusuf Umar Managing Director & CEO, RIPLE Andrew Herscowitz CEO M300 Accelerator, Rockefeller Catalytic Capital Ranjani Sankaran Executive Director, Project & Export Finance Corporate & Investment Banking, Standard Chartered Bank Kweku Awotwi Board Chairman, United Bank for Africa (Ghana) & Co-Founder & Director, Cenpower Generation Company