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AIX: NairobiPower & Renewables Executive Briefing

2-3 October 2019, Fairmont the Norfolk, Kenya

AIX: Nairobi brings together project developers,suppliers of off-grid services, policy-makers,established and non-traditional investment sourcesand other actors in the industry.

The meeting is co-organised by Cross-borderInformation (CbI), and CbI’s African Energy, aconsultancy that has been involved at the heart of thedebate surrounding the development of the energysector in Africa for more than 20 years.

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Latest panellists are listed at: africa-investment-exchange.com/events/aix-nairobi-2019

Caroline Kimathi

Principal OfficerRenewable Energy

Energy & PetroleumRegulatory Authority,Kenya

David Muthike

Strategy & BusinessPerformance Director

KenGen

Eric Mwangi

Economic Advisor tothe Cabinet Secretary

Ministry of Energy,Kenya

Ameet Shah

Chairman and Director

Astonfield Solar

James Shoetan

East Africa BusinessDevelopment Manager

CrossBoundary Energy

Sam Slaughter

Chief Executive Officer

PowerGen RenewableEnergy

Erik Granskog

Vice President

Everstrong Capital

Hizkyas Dufera

Senior Advisor to theMinister

Ministry of WaterIrrigation and Energy,Ethiopia

Mathilde Bord Laurans

Head of Energy Unit

AFD

Sam Chasia

Investment Director

GuarantCo

Khilna Dodhia

Chief Executive Officer

Kenergy Renewables

Amyn Mussa

Partner

Anjarwalla & Khanna

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John Kimotho

Investment Manager

African InfrastructureInvestment Managers(AIIM)

Nemes Victor Massawe

Manager ElectricityTransmission andDistribution

EWURA, Tanzania

Roxana Ignat

Investment Officer

FMO

Latest panellists are listed at: africa-investment-exchange.com/events/aix-nairobi-2019

John Lentaigne

Acting Chief ExecutiveOfficer

African TradeInsurance Agency

Nikhath Zigmund

Business DevelopmentDirector

Actis

Anne Nyambane

Academy Mo IbrahimFellow

Chatham House

Wilfred Van den Bos

Head of Investments

responsAbilityRenewable EnergyHolding (rAREH)

Fatma Ben Abda

Distributed EnergySolutions SpecialistAfrican DevelopmentBank

Elsie Mbugua

Managing Director

Leadwood Energy

Clifford Aron

Principal

GreenMax CapitalGroup

John Mativo

Chief Planning, Planning& Development

KETRACO

Sandra Agola

Business DevelopmentAssociate

Globeleq

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Wednesday 2 October 2019

Tuesday 1 October 2019

18h00 to 20h00 Evening reception hosted by UKDepartment for International Trade

08h30 to 09h00 Registration & coffee

Fairmont the Norfolk Hotel, Nairobi

The state of the continental industry

Chair: Jon Marks, Chariman, CbI

Findings from the African Energy Live Dataplatform will provide unique insights intocontinental electricity supply industry trends.

• Delegates will receive a unique data pack.

A high-level panel including government officialsand senior industry players will then provide anupdate on electrification programmes andstrategies to increase energy access, as well as tostrengthen the grid, across the continent.

• Interactive discussion will then ask: what do administrations and regulators want from DFI initiatives and support schemes?

• What are the challenges and expectations of working with the private sector?

• Can investors make money and governments deliver cost-effective services at the same time?

• Are public utilities’ days numbered?

• Is transmission a vital backbone or a blockage in the system?

09h00 to 10h30

• It has become a cliché that money for projects is no longer a problem. Is this really the case?

• Distribution models: what are the options?

• What are the new investment opportunities resulting from Kenya’s Energy Act?

Hizkyas Dufera, Senior Advisor to the Minister,Ministry of Water Irrigation and Energy, Ethiopia

Eric Mwangi, Economic Advisor to the CabinetSecretary, Ministry of Energy, Kenya

Mathilde Bord Laurans, Head of Energy Unit, AFD

Izael Pereira Da Silva, Professor, StrathmoreUniversity

10h30 Coffee

East Africa energy mix and transmissionchallenges

Focusing on the region, this panel will be looking atinterconnections and the balance of generation(intermittent versus firm power supply) across theEast African Power Pool region – and neighbours.

• How to secure community engagement for power projects?

• Under- or over-supply in power: policy-makers and industry and financial leaders share their experiences.

• Developments in regional transmission.

• Baseload snapshot: focus on region’s key projects.

Nemes Victor Massawe, Manager ElectricityTransmission and Distribution, EWURA, Tanzania

John Mativo, Chief Planning, Planning &Development, KETRACO

David Muthike, Strategy & Business PerformanceDirector, KenGen

11h00 to 12h30

Wednesday 2 October

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Accelerating C&I

Focusing on the options available to customers inthe commercial and industrial space

• What is driving interest in C&I?

• Developments based on PPAs, lease and commercial loan structures.

• Managing portfolios – O&M, monitoring, data, reporting and risk.

• EPC and technology solutions.

Clifford Aron, Principal, GreenMax Capital Group

Geoffrey Ronoh, Director, Ofgen

Paras Patel, Investment Manager, EAV

Ameet Shah, Chairman and Director, AstonfieldSolar

James Shoetan, East Africa Business DevelopmentManager, CrossBoundary Energy

13h30 to 14h45

Storage snapshot

How will storage change the African energylandscape.

• Understanding the technologies, cost and application.

Giuseppe Artizzu, Executive Director, GlobalStrategy, ENGIEeps

Chalker Kansteiner, Founder, GridX Africa

14h45 to 15h30

12h30 Lunch sponsored by

The financing ecosystem

Showcasing Nairobi’s role as an important regionalhub for the energy industry. This session and thefollowing reception brings representatives fromlocal companies and finance together withinternational developers and investors to discuss:

• Nairobi’s attraction as a financial/business hub.

• Mobilising domestic finance.

• What it takes to attract lenders and investors to invest in the region’s electricity supply industry.

• Attracting international institutional investors, as well as impact investors, family offices and other investor classes.

• The role of commercial banks, DFIs and multilaterals.

Sam Chasia, Investment Director, GuarantCo

Erik Granskog, Vice President, Everstrong Capital

Elsie Mbugua, Managing Director, LeadwoodEnergy

Jean-Jacques Ngono, Managing Partner,Finergreen Africa

16h00 to 17h30

17h30 Reception at Fairmont the Norfolk

15h30 Coffee

Roxana Ignat, Investment Officer, FMO

Amyn Mussa, Partner, Anjarwalla & Khanna

Wilfred van den Bos, Head of Investments –Renewable Energy Equity Investments,responsAbility Renewable Energy Holding (rAREH)

Thursday 3 October

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Generation breakdown by fuel

IPP Drivers

Strategies to increase utility-scale generation

• What is the right IPP tariff?

• Guarantees and contract terms: what is fair?

• What risk mitigation is essential and what are the challenges?

• Examining the progress for FIT and auction mechanisms in the region.

• Is there any justification for feed-in-tariffs in grid connected projects?

• How to develop large-scale hydropower IPPs

• Business models for privately financed transmission

Sandra Agola, Business Development Associate,Globeleq

Khilna Dodhia, Chief Executive Officer, KenergyRenewables

Mark Dimmer, Infrastructure Africa, IFC

John Lentaigne, Acting Chief Executive Officer,African Trade Insurance Agency

09h00 to 11h00

08h30 to 09h00 Registration & coffee

Fairmont the Norfolk Hotel, Nairobi

11h00 Coffee

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Financing off-grid

Can off-grid solutions become commercially viableacross the continent?

• Off-grid regulatory challenges and transition within the industry.

• Headwinds facing solar home systems

• Stimulating domestic capital markets and improving access to local finance

• Developing an off-grid value chain: to achieve viability do investors have to drive a much wider range of businesses to stimulate growth?

• The role of mobile operators and large corporations in off-grid solar power.

• Scaling-up off-grid: how to attract larger ticket sizes and better terms?

Fatma Ben Abda, Principal Distributed EnergySolutions Specialist, African Development Bank

Clifford Aron, Principal, GreenMax Capital Group

Caroline Kimathi, Principal Officer RenewableEnergy, Energy & Petroleum Regulatory Authority

John Kimotho, Investment Manager, AIIM

Snehar Shah, Managing Director East Africa, AzuriTechnologies

Surabhi Visser, Head of Investments, SunFunder

13h30 to 15h00

Scaling mini-grids

Business models that takes mini-grid beyond itscurrent subsidised model.

• Challenges facing operators and customers

• Focusing on regulatory frameworks

• Productive use, concessions and tendering approaches.

Nemes Victor Massawe, Manager ElectricityTransmission and Distribution, EWURA, Tanzania

Anne Nyambane, Academy Mo Ibrahim FellowAssociate, Chatham House

Sam Slaughter, Chief Executive Officer, PowerGenRenewable Energy

Anne Sophie Rakoutz, Head of Private Equity,Proparco

Jonathan Shaw, Chief Executive Officer, Kivu GreenEnergy

11h30 to 12h30

15h00 Coffee and end of AIX

12h30 Lunch

Sponsor our meetings

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CbI Meetings pairs the extensive regional expertise and source networkof CbI’s African Energy with a seasoned events team experienced inproducing high-level investment forums and dialogues across theAfrican continent.

Through its power sector consultancy work and leading industrynewsletter, African Energy has been involved at the heart of the debatesurrounding the development of the energy sector in Africa for morethan 20 years. In 2017, we launched African Energy Live Data – a platformfeaturing detailed profiles of more than 5,500 generation projects andplants across the continent.

As a consultant, CbI has a unique perspective when it comes tounderstanding the themes and topics that provide the foundations for avibrant conference agenda and the mix of project stakeholders requiredto create a lively and engaging panel-led discussion.

We are focused on producing Africa Investment Exchange meetings thatcreate enduring dialogues between development finance institutionsand private sector investors including, private equity firms, venturecapitalists, family offices, foundations, institutional investors and impactinvestors.

Over the last six years, participants have used AIX to strengthen theirnetworks and to hold private meetings with new and already establishedpartners in convenient break-out rooms.

Contact Ricky Purnell for information on sponsorship opportunities – ricky@cbi-meetings.com

Sponsorship package

AIX: Nairobi sponsor Additional options (subject to availability)

Corporate logo on event website, agenda, brochure, allmarketing emails, headline slides and delegate bag

Session Sponsor

Prominent panel position speaking opportunity Lunch sponsor

1 speaker pass and 2 additional passes for sponsor’s staffor guests

Coffee break sponsor

Full-page colour ad in the meeting book Exhibition area

Corporate literature in meeting bag Seat drops

Photos of panel sessions for social media and web use Lanyard sponsor

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£7,000 excl UK VAT Contact us for a tailored package

A unique perspective

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A renowned landmark since opening its doors in1904, Fairmont The Norfolk, has welcomed royalty,statesmen and stars alike over the years. The hotel islocated in the heart of the Nairobi city and provides asophisticated, calm retreat from the vibrantdowntown district. Fairmont The Norfolk offers theoptimal base to explore the town, with easy access tomajor business districts.

The AIX: Nairobi power and renewables meeting isheld under the Chatham House Rule (participants arefree to use the information received, but neither theidentity nor the affiliation of the speaker, nor that ofany other participant, may be revealed), andstructured around panel-led sessions with anaudience limited to 100 participants to preserve thenetworking environment.

Participants will benefit from insights provided byCbI’s African Energy Live Data platform whichprovides unique insights into continental electricitysupply industry trends, project pipelines and demandgrowth projections.

Fairmont The Norfolk

Enabling power project development in Africa

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