Green Industry Special Economic Zones to Catalyze Renewable Energy Manufacturing: Translating Vision to Investments

Speakers include:

Opening remarks - Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and Co-Chair of UN-Energy

Moderator - Lolade Abiola, Programme Manager, Energy Transition Office, SEforALL & Secretary of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen, Nigeria 

Panellists:

Ashish Sharma, President – Strategic Growth, Waaree Solar

Dahlia Khalifa, Regional Director for Central and Anglophone West Africa, IFC

Jasveer Singh, Cluster Director and Head of SEZ Development Function, Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms

Lazarus Angbazo, CEO, InfraCorp

Matthew Cullinan, CEO, Atlantis Greentech Special Economic Zone, South Africa

Zitto Alfayo, Head of Project Preparation, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Prof Purwanto, National Policy Expert, Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme, Indonesia

Webinar: How trade policies can shape regional renewable energy supply chains and catalyze domestic manufacturing in Africa

Navigating the New Electricity Landscape: How Enugu Electricity Regulatory Commission is shaping Energy Transition in Enugu State

Country

Nigeria

Cement Decarbonization in Nigeria

Country

Nigeria

Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative: South-South Virtual Policy Dialogue Series

AGENDA

12.30 – 12.35

Opening remarks

Amir Bahr, Progamme Manager – UN Energy, SEforALL

12.35 – 12.45

Scene-setting presentation: Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative Divyam Nagpal, Principal Specialist – Renewable Energy, SEforALL

12.45 – 13.55

Moderated panel discussion

Moderator: Lolade Abiola, Lead – Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative/Programme Manager, ETO Nigeria

Panellists:

  • Elbia Gannoum, CEO, ABEEólica, Brazil
  • Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Senior Economist, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), South Africa
  • Jit Bhattacharya, Co-Founder & CEO, BasiGO, Kenya
  • Monika Merdekawati, Research Analyst, ASEAN Centre for Energy
  • Subrahmanyam Pulipaka, CEO, National Solar Energy Federation of India
  • Zira John Quaghe, Nigeria Focal Point, African Climate Foundation

Audience Q&A

13.55 – 14.00

Concluding remarks

Programme

UN-Energy

Closing the Affordability Gap in Energy Access: Time to Explore All Options

WEBINAR: Gender Responsive Cooling: Using Data to Build Resilient Livelihoods

Programme

Cooling for All