Africa's energy ambitions will not be realized through generation capacity alone — and increasingly, natural gas is emerging as the fuel that makes reliable, bankable energy systems possible at scale. Across the continent, grid instability, underperforming utilities, and constrained balance sheets continue to undermine service delivery and deter private investment. Gas offers a compelling solution: as a reliable baseload fuel, it can anchor grid stability, support industrial demand, and provide the revenue predictability that makes energy infrastructure financeable — but only if the right investment frameworks, regulatory structures, and partnership models are in place. 

The challenge is both technical and financial. Translating Africa's vast gas resources into reliable power requires more than exploration and production — it demands integrated value chains that connect upstream development to downstream power generation, creditworthy offtakers, cost-reflective tariff structures, and risk-mitigation instruments that give investors and lenders the confidence to commit capital at scale. Securing that alignment between gas producers, utilities, regulators, and financiers is the defining challenge — and opportunity — in Africa's energy transition. 

This invitation-only roundtable moves beyond the broad strategic questions explored in the energy plenary to focus on the granular, practical work of making gas-powered energy systems investment-ready. A select group of senior gas producers, power sector financiers, utility leaders, regulators, and development finance experts will engage in a frank, working-level discussion to identify the specific reforms, financing structures, and gas-to-power partnership models that can strengthen utility creditworthiness, unlock private capital, and deliver replicable solutions at scale. 

The goal is not another statement of ambition — it is an actionable agenda that participants can carry back to their institutions and implement.