Energy is key to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change. However, we are still far from where we should be to meet the SDG7 targets by 2030.
The event will be held over Zoom. Register no later than May 24 to info@sweacc.se
In collaboration with SWEACC the Sida Power Africa team invites you to join a dialogue on how to access development financing for renewable energy projects in Africa.
Program
Welcome and Introduction to the dialogue and the participants
Jessica Magnusson, Senior Advisor at Sida Power Africa
Jan Furuvald, Chairman of Swedish East-African Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC)
Brenda Tibamwenda Kandabu, Secretary General, Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI)
Introduction to Sida Power Africa
Anders Arvidson, Team Lead Sida Power Africa and Regional Advisor, Embassy of Sweden in Kenya.
Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa and Clean Cooking Solutions
Ash Sharma, Head, Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa and Senior Director at NEFCO, will introduce the recently launched Call for Proposals in Uganda. A catalytic procurement mechanism that is expected to offer incentives for off-grid energy service providers to establish up to 600,000 energy connections that will benefit more than 3 million people in rural areas.
Emerging Cooking Solutions’
CEO Mattias Ohlson shares his experience of entering a new market and scaling its operations to reach 20,000 customers in Zambia and developing new cooking technologies that could potentially mitigate 1 gigaton of CO2 per year.
Dialogue on the challenges to do business in the renewable energy sector in Africa
Moderated by Jessica Magnusson, Power Africa and Tom Walsh, Head of Green City Cluster at SWEACC.
Closing session
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