Powering Africa Summit 2024

The Powering Africa Summit brings together African government representatives, global energy leaders and international investors to address key industry pain points on how communities and public facilities can acquire funding while building, maintaining, and expanding energy infrastructure. Abt is a proud sponsor of #PAS24 and our clean energy experts will be on site advancing critical conversations on the conference theme “Capital Flows Underpinning the Energy Transition.”

Abt facilitates a just energy transition and catalyzes climate investment at scale in Africa and beyond, including partnering with Power Africa to electrify health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa through the Health Electrification and Telecommunications Alliance (HETA).

Don’t miss our engaging boardroom session “Bridging the Finance Gap for Social Infrastructure” and come by our table to chat with our experts!

Join Our Boardroom Session

Bridging the Finance Gap for Social Infrastructure
March 6, 2024
4:00-5:30pm
Senate Room

Session Description: Many communities and public facilities cannot afford the capital expenditures to build or maintain the infrastructure required for access to electricity. Utilities, in turn, struggle to remain creditworthy when expanding the grid at a loss. Donor and development partner funding is limited and often comes with constraints. So how can we work together to attract commercial capital beyond grants? How can health care, education, and other social infrastructure facilities keep up with operations and maintenance after initial construction? And what place do social equity and sustainability have in valuing or prioritizing investments? Join Abt for an interactive session where you will have the opportunity to engage with global experts to explore practical solutions to these challenges.

Chairperson:
Jason Ray Hutchison, Senior Director, Clean Energy & Climate Mitigation, Global Development Group, Abt Global
Arun Asok, Global Head, Private Capital & Impact Investing, Abt Global

Key Participants:
Eric Reading, Chief Climate Officer, Abt Global
Asha Varghese, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Caterpillar Inc.
Richard Schroeder, Director, RESOLVE
Raul Alfaro Pelico, Senior Advisor, Results-Based Financing, Sustainable Energy for All, SEforALL
Gina Cady, Health Electrification Advisor, Power Africa
Shelley Martin, Equity Senior Manager, Abt Global