Africa s Sustainable Energy Future. Draft Short Program. (as of 01 March 2018) Supported by.

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1 Africa s Sustainable Energy Future Draft Short Program (as of 01 March 2018) Supported by Venue: Handelskammer Hamburg, Adolphsplatz 1, Hamburg Organized by Afrika-Verein Veranstaltungs-GmbH (AVV). Alterations to be reserved. Conference languages will be English and French. Simultaneous translation will be provided in the two main conference rooms.

2 We would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous support of the 12 th German-African Energy Forum 2018: Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsor

3 Bronze Sponsors Supporting Partners Media Partners Monday, April 23 rd 07:00 10:00 p.m. VIP-reception exclusively for sponsors and African guests

4 Tuesday, April 24 th 08:00 09:30 a.m. Registration & Welcome Coffee Welcome & Opening Session Christoph Kannengießer CEO Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany 09:30 10:20 a.m. Dr Stefan Liebing Chairman Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany Frank Horch Senator for Economic Affairs, Transport and Innovation Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany Setting the Scene Neven Mimica* Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development EU Commission, Belgium 10:20 10:30 a.m. Keynote Platinum Sponsor ABB 10:30 11:30 a.m. High-Level Outlook: How can Africa gain from a sustainable energy future and how will Africa move into one? 11:30 12:15 p.m. Networking Coffee Break 12:15 01:15 p.m. Parallel Sessions Connecting a Clean Powered Africa Reliable energy systems and energy system management Mustapha Bakkoury* President Morrocan Agency for Sustainable Energy, Morroco

5 Dr John Mativo* Senior Technical Advisor Kenya Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd, Kenya West African Power Pool, Senegal Globaleq, UK Room B Plenarsaal Project Session Paul van Son Innogy SE, Germany Room C Merkur-Zimmer 01:15 02:45 p.m. Networking Lunch Break 02:45 03:45 p.m. Parallel Sessions Hydropower German technologies for Africa s most widely used renewable resource Heike Bergmann Managing Director Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Peter Magauer Managing Director Andritz Hydro GmbH, Germany Egon Failer Executive Director Hydropower & Water Resources Division Lahmeyer International, Germany Ahmed Diane Séméga* High Commissioner OMVS, Senegal

6 José Carlos Neves* President Empresa Nacional de Electricidade, Angola Azeb Asnake* CEO Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation, Ethiopia Project Session Room B Plenarsaal Project Development Programme Renewable Energy Martin Baltes Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany Room C Merkur-Zimmer 03:45 04:30 p.m. Networking Coffee Break 04:30 05:30 p.m. Parallel Workshops Workshop I: Wind power Aldwych International Ltd, UK John Thiong o Mwangi* Co-Founder Lake Turkana Wind Power Limited, Kenya Helge Sieberichs* Co-Founder Mowea, Germany Norbert Dwenger Area Managing Director Nordex SE, Germany Electricity Regulation Board, Zambia

7 Workshop II: Solar and energy storage Room B Plenarsaal Samir Ibrahim* CEO & Co-Founder SunCulture, Kenya James Irons* SolarAfrica, South Africa Boris Westphal CEO Suntrace GmbH, Germany Workshop III: Waste-to-energy Egmont Ottermann* CEO New Horizons Energy, South Africa Room C Merkur-Zimmer Eyasu Solomon* Senior Vice President of Strategy Cambridge Industries Ltd, UK Dennis Thiel* Vice President Sales Anaergia, Germany * Siemens AG, Germany Dr Sebastian Brandis* Member of the Board of Directors Stiftung Menschen für Menschen, Germany Energy Evening high above the rooftops of Hamburg 07:00 10:30 p.m. Emporio Tower Address: Dammtorwall 15, Hamburg

8 Wednesday, April 25 th 09:00 10:00 a.m. Registration & Welcome Coffee Women Power - Business Breakfast & Open Mic Opening Discussion: Energizing Africa: National and international initiatives and associated opportunities for the private sector Dr Ludger Schuknecht* Head of Department General Fiscal Policy and International Financial and Monetary Policy Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany 10:00 11:00 a.m. Alain Ebobissé* CEO Africa 50, Côte d Ivoire Cheikh Bedda* Director Department for Infrastructure and Energy African Union Commission, Ethiopia African Renewable Energy Initiative / African Development Bank, Côte d Ivoire Michael Franz* Africa EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) Coordinator Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany Akon* Co-Founder Akon Lighting Africa, USA 11:00 11:10 a.m. Keynote Gold Sponsor Siemens

9 Dialogue Regulatory and legal framework 11:10 11:40 a.m. Nina Bowyer Partner Herbert Smith Freehills, France Lawrence Fubara Anga* Partner Aelex, Nigeria Hosted by 11:40 12:30 p.m. Networking Coffee Break 12:30 01:30 p.m. Parallel Sessions Off-grid, mini-grid, hybrid systems servicing industrial / agricultural applications and rural areas Henry Dickson* Governor Bayelsa State Government, Nigeria Martin Schuster Senior Advisor Pfisterer Holding AG, Germany Bernhard Menzel Director Business Development Lahmeyer International, Germany Thomas Fohgrub United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Switzerland Financing and insuring energy projects Workshop Room B Plenarsaal Nicholas Ross-McCall Partner Energy Finance CMS Hasche Sigle, Germany European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

10 Vincent Le Guennou* Co-CEO ECP Private Equity, USA Ragnar Gerig Director Energy Africa / Asia DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbh, Germany Room C Merkur-Zimmer Project Session: Modern technologies and the use of fossil fuels Prof. Dr Reinhard Hüttl Director German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany 01:30 02:30 p.m. Networking Lunch 02:30 03:30 p.m. Parallel Sessions Indeed Africa! Innovative ideas and the power of the Young German-African Business Network Young entrepreneurs are increasingly addressing energy issues that exist on the continent. Their ideas and business models often provide new perspectives on challenges, which seemed unsurmountable before. In this session, we allow participants to get to know the newest trends and business models presented by their inventors. Room B Plenarsaal Room C Merkurzimmer followed by Financing and Insuring Energy Projects Speed Meetings B2B & Networking * to be confirmed Imprint: Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e.v. Friedrichstraße Berlin, Germany T berlin@afrikaverein.de