Why Attend
600 million Africans still lack electricity, and the continent's demand for power is set to triple by 2030. The partnerships that get built this year decide whether that demand is met with clean power or fossil fuel imports. This is the room where that gets decided.
Why this conference matters now
Three forces are converging on the same two years — this summit is where they get pointed in the same direction.
Global momentum has a destination
COP28's pledge to triple renewable capacity by 2030 unlocked climate finance at a scale the continent has never seen. The IEA puts the annual investment emerging economies need at $1.8 trillion — and Africa is the largest slice of that market still waiting to be built.
Africa's cost curve has flipped
Solar costs have fallen 85% since 2010, making renewables the cheapest new power on the continent. Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa are already writing the policy playbook — what's missing is a room where it gets shared.
Australia brings what Africa needs
Deployment expertise, capital markets access and world-leading renewable technology meet Africa's solar resource, growing demand and critical minerals. Rwanda's governance track record makes Kigali the natural table for both sides to sit at.
What you leave with
Every track ties back to one of three outcomes for delegates.
Global visibility
Financial Times Energy, Bloomberg NEF and African Business Magazine are covering the summit, alongside a digital strategy built to carry the story past the delegates in the room.
Proof, not pitch decks
Site visits to Nyabarongo and Rusumo hydropower, Rwanda's off-grid solar rollout, and Kigali's green-city planning — case studies delegates can lift and adapt at home.
Deals with a path to close
Direct access to AU energy leadership, the World Bank, AfDB and Australia's $2B climate finance commitment — the people who set financing terms, in the same building as the people who need them.
Five tracks, one agenda
Ministerial policy sessions, technical panels, private-sector roundtables and site visits run through each theme below.
Renewable Energy Technologies
Solar, wind and hydro project development, grid integration, and distributed-energy lessons from Australia applied to African conditions.
Green Hydrogen Economy
Where Australia's hydrogen export strategy and Africa's renewable resource base start to look like the same supply chain.
Energy Storage Solutions
Batteries and pumped hydro for grids that need to hold a high share of variable renewable power.
Climate Finance & ESG
Blended finance, de-risking instruments and the governance frameworks investors are actually asking for.
Climate Resilience
Building generation and transmission that survives the climate it's meant to help fix.
Who's in the room
The summit is built around policymakers and financiers first — the people who set the terms everyone else builds around — alongside the developers and operators putting projects on the ground.
Backed by institutions that open doors
AAEMI — Research, training and technical credibility from Australia's energy and mining sector.
Kenya & Australia Chamber of Commerce — Cross-continent stakeholder networks.
Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure — Local knowledge and national policy alignment.
Private sector partners — The implementation experience that turns policy into projects.
Two cities. One agenda for Africa's energy future.
Seats for the ministerial sessions and roundtables are limited. Register now to secure your place in Kigali or Perth.
