Companies and governments are working on new power generation approaches, reducing dependence on models that have left 600 million Africans without dependable supplies of electricity.  The focus is increasingly on a range of solutions that will go beyond a “business as usual” approach and focus capital on generation capacity to provide electricity by better leveraging Africa’s own abundant natural resources.  These innovative approaches include: nuclear energy programs ranging from more traditional technologies in Egypt and South Africa to next generation and Small Modular Reactors in Ghana, Morocco, Kenya and Rwanda, wave and offshore thermal conversion technologies, electricity transmission and demand management, and approaches to hydropower.   

This session will bring together corporate leaders and policy makers from Africa and the United States, including institutions like the African Development Bank’s African Natural Resource Centre, to discuss emerging trends and explore opportunities to accelerate commercial developments in this exciting space.