Kampala Geopolitics Conference

Energy is the Key: Powering Africa’s economic transformation

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Summary

Energy has been recognized as a central aspect to sustainable development. This goes to the extent that Africa’s economic growth could by boosted by 30% in the next 20 years if the energy gap were to be closed. Sub-Saharan Africa, however, has the lowest energy access rates in the world: More than 600 million people in Africa lack access to clean, affordable, and reliable energy. Critical issues in Africa’s energy sector are manifold: low access, poor reliability, and high costs of power tariffs. Higher levels of energy services are critical to improve human, economic, social, and environmental conditions of the people today and for future generations. Broadly speaking, Africa’s energy poverty makes the continent poor. But how can we address Africa’s electricity challenges and power the continent’s economic transformation?

Conference

Details

  • Time: 4:00 pm
  • Venue: Senior Common Room

Meet the Panelists

Anja Caper-Berretta

Anja Caper-Berretta

Head of the Energy Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Programme, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)

Anja Berretta is Head of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Previously, she worked as an evaluation and monitoring advisor at KAS Germany... Read more
Amb. Attilio Pacifici

Amb. Attilio Pacifici

Ambassador, EU Delegation to Uganda

H.E. Attilio Pacifici is the Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Uganda and Head of the EU Delegation. From November 2009 to December 2014, Attilio served in... Read more
Laura Philipps

Laura Philipps

Project manager, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Team Global Order in Berlin.

Laura Philipps is a project manager for the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Team Global Order in Berlin. Her current project focuses on issues of international cooperation outside of the traditional political. She further... Read more
Max Walter

Max Walter

Co-founder and Executive Director, Centre for Development Alternatives (CDA)

Max Walter is Co-founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Development Alternatives (CDA), researching on topics of economics, energy and skills development. He has consulted for clients like Oxford... Read more
James Baanabe Isingoma

James Baanabe Isingoma

Acting Director, Directorate of Energy Resources Development of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.

James Baanabe Isingoma is the Acting Director in the Directorate of Energy Resources Development of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. Previously, he worked at the Sugar Corporation of... Read more