Achieving economies of scale in the Nigerian solar value chain

Agenda

16:00-16:05   Welcome, introductions, and review of agenda and goals/objectives  
Hadley Taylor, Programme Manager Policy and Regulations, SEforALL

16:05-16:15  Opening remarks 
Ahmad Salihijo, Managing Director, Rural Electrification Agency (REA) 
Wiebe Boer, Chief Executive Officer, All On 

16:15-16:20   SEforALL's role supporting the Solar Power Naija Project and Achieving Economies of Scale in the Solar Value Chain 
Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy 

16:20-16:40   Presentation of project and key findings 
Hadley Taylor, Programme Manager and Adesunloye Adekanye, Africa Energy Consultant, SEforALL 

16:40-17:10   Panel discussion – Localizing value chains while accelerating deployments; discussing the dual objectives of the Solar Power Naija Project 
Moderator: Frank Aigbogun, Chief Executive Officer, BusinessDay Media 
Speakers: 

  • Suleiman Babamanu, Project Lead, Rural Electrification Agency 
  • Grace Cramer, Manufacturing Advisor Nigeria, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office 
  • Muhammed Wakil, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank
  • Chuks Umezulora, Chief Operating Officer, Auxano 
  • Yewande Olagbende, Chief Executive Officer, Solad  
  • Shagun Jain, Commercial Director, Rural Spark 

17:10-17:25  Q & A moderated by Frank Aigbogun, Chief Executive Officer, BusinessDay Media
 
17:25-17:30  Closing by Hadley Taylor, Programme Manager, SEforALL

Energizing Finance: Impacts of Policies on Electricity Financing in Rwanda

Electrification rates in Rwanda and other low-income Sub-Saharan countries

Source: The World Bank 2019.
Note: As per the available RISE data, the 23 countries representing Sub-Saharan low-income countries in this study are Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DR), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

See also: Energizing Finance series

Country

Rwanda

Programme

Energy Finance