| 9:30 | Arrival & coffee |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome & video opener: To achieve a just energy transition, Africa needs fair access to energy from renewable sources |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Keynote: Accelerating energy transition in and with Africa Need for climate neutrality and global energy transition. German development cooperation’s commitment to promoting Energy Access. Review and outlook on Green People’s Energy for Africa initiative. • Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Welcome by patron of Green People’s Energy for Africa • Bärbel Höhn, BMZ Special Representative for Energy in Africa |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | Welcome by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) • Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Chair of the Management Board, GIZ |
| 10:50 – 11:15 | High-level Fireside Talk Call for action – an African perspective • Irene Pauline Batebe, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda • Davis Chirchir, Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, Kenya • Bärbel Höhn, BMZ Special Representative for Energy in Africa |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Decentralized renewable energies: a development catalyst for local entrepreneurs Stakeholders from Sub-Sahara Africa present the potential for productive use of renewable energies. Zooming in on stand-alone DRE systems. Featuring business potentials, success stories, challenges and approaches to promote productive use by the Green People’s Energy programme and other key development programmes. Highlighting the importance of promoting gender-transformative approaches. • Bobby Gyesi, SGA Farms Ltd. GH • Razvan Sandru, Head of component GBE Benin, GIZ • Alexander Haack, Head of Programme EnDev • Thomas Duveau, Chief Strategy Officer, A2EI |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Financing energy access – bringing mini-grids to scale Development partners discuss the potential, challenges and key approaches to promoting rural electrification through mini-grids in Africa. Session starts with a brief presentation on mini-grids followed by a panel talk showcasing flagship programmes and their experience in supporting the sector. • Camille André-Bataille, CEO, ANKA Madagascar • Edward Borgstein, Managing Director Africa, GEAPP • Michael Franz, Team leader GET.Invest, GIZ • Ruchi Soni, Programme Manager Result Based Financing, SEforALL • Babette Stein von Kamienski,Head of Division, Infrastructure, Southern Africa, KfW Development Bank |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Closing remarks BMZ outlook on the Just Energy Transition and energy access in rural Africa with a view to achieving SDG 7. • Bärbel Höhn, BMZ Special Representative for Energy in Africa • Dr. Jürgen Karl Zattler, Director General International Development Policy and United Nations; 2030 Agenda; Social and Environmental Transformation; Climate, German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Reception: Coffee & networking |
