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How can Africa close its transmission infrastructure gap to power mining and industrial growth?

Africa’s energy challenge is no longer generation, but the transmission and distribution of electricity. Mining operations, industrial parks, and communities are constrained by the lack of grid connectivity. How can governments, utilities, and the private sector mobilise capital and policy reform to expand transmission capacity?


Tuesday 10 February 16:30 - 17:30 Intergovernmental Summit Sahara Stage (CTICC2 - Level 2)

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Africa’s energy challenge is no longer generation, but the transmission and distribution of electricity. Mining operations, industrial parks, and communities are constrained by the lack of grid connectivity. How can governments, utilities, and the private sector mobilise capital and policy reform to expand transmission capacity?

Sahara Stage (CTICC2 - Level 2) Africa/Johannesburg
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Moderator

Dr. Lesego Molapisi

Executive Director, The Transition Think Tank

Speakers

Alison Atkinson

Chief Projects & Development Officer, Anglo American

Bradley Reddy

GM Growth Strategy, Rio Tinto, Richards Bay Minerals

Dan Marokane

Group Chief Executive , Eskom Holdings

Ignacio de Calonje

Chief Investment Officer, Global Energy and Metals & Mining , International Finance Corporation

Teddy Lwamba

Minister of Hydraulic Resources & Electricity, Democratic Republic of Congo