Africa Sustainable Energy Dialogue Slated for May 16 to Address Energy Access Gaps

The Africa Sustainable Energy Dialogue (ASED) has been slated for Friday, May 16, 2025.
The virtual conference, organised by the Africa Sustainable Energy Centre (ASEC), will commence at 13:00 GMT and is expected to bring together over 1,000 participants from across the continent and beyond.
With the theme “Bridging Africa’s Energy Access Gap; Challenges, Innovations and the Path Forward,” the dialogue aims to address one of the continent’s most urgent development challenges, access to reliable electricity.
The event will serve as a platform to explore innovative solutions, promote practical policy reforms, and strengthen public-private partnerships.
This was contained in a press statement issued and signed by the Executive Director of ASEC, Mr Justice Ohene-Akoto.
It indicated that the event will bring together global and national policymakers, development partners, energy sector leaders, industry experts, academicians, and innovators to shape a forward-looking agenda that aligns with Africa’s sustainable development goals and energy transition ambitions.
It said speakers expected at the dialogue include Dr Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary-General of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation; Mr Kweku Awotwi, Board Chairman of United Bank of Africa, Ghana; Professor Emeritus Abubakar Sani Sambo, former Special Adviser to the President of Nigeria on Energy; and Dr Alfred Ofosu Ahenkorah, former Executive Secretary of Ghana’s Energy Commission.
Other speakers mentioned in the statement are Monique Motty of the African Development Bank Group, Mr Noureddine Hamri of Turn Up the Light, Mr Daniel Bungey of the Norwegian Refugee Council, and Sabrine Emran of the Policy Center for the New South.
The dialogue will be moderated by Phoebe Ayitey, Deputy Executive Director of ASEC, and Keith Katyora, Senior Manager of the Energy Council of South Africa.
The statement added that strategic partners include the Southern African Power Pool, the Brew-Hammond Energy Centre at KNUST, World Energy Council committees in Kenya and Nigeria, Harmer Visuals UK, and Ghana’s Energy Media Group.According to the press statement, more than 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa still live without electricity.

BY STEPHANIE BIRIKORANG