Event agenda
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
07:15 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 - 09:25
09:25 - 10:30
High-level panel: State of play of funding for private-sector driven electricity access to achieve SDG7
- Enabling investments
8 speakers
10:30 - 11:15
Inauguration of the exhibition & coffee break
11:15 - 12:30
High-level panel: Maximising the impact of grant funding for electricity access in Africa
- Enabling investments
6 speakers
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
14:30 - 15:45
Partner session I: COMESA project preparation facility – Opportunities & consultation with the DRE private sector
- Business models
Led by: COMESA
8 speakers
14:30 - 15:45
Session I : PUE appliances & equipment: State of the market & addressing the consumer financing challenge
- Enabling investments
- Productive use
7 speakers
14:30 - 18:00
Workshop I: Powering progress for development & economic growth
- Business models
Led by Schneider Electric [EoI required to attend]
10 speakers
14:30 - 15:50
GET.invest Matchmaking Session I
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break & expo
16:15 - 17:30
Partner session II: Accelerating clean cooking investments in Kenya & East Africa
- Enabling investments
- Country action & impact
Led by: European Union
8 speakers
16:15 - 17:30
Session II: Guarantees to enable bankable private sector investments in renewable electrification at scale
- Enabling investments
6 speakers
16:15 - 17:30
Workshop II: Powering DRC: Financing Africa’s largest renewable energy metro-grids
- Enabling investments
Led by: AfDB & SEFA
6 speakers
16:15 - 17:15
GET.invest Matchmaking Session II
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
09:30 - 10:45
Mini-grids session I: Setting the scene – Aligning the pathways to scale
- Mini-grids
Led by: UNDP AMP, AfDB SEFA & IFC
4 speakers
09:30 - 10:45
Regional session I: National Energy Compact progress & private sector investments
- Country action & impact
Co-led by: ARE & COMESA
10 speakers
09:30 - 10:50
GET.invest Matchmaking Session III
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break & expo
11:00 - 12:30
Mini-grids session II: From pipeline to deployment: Strengthening private-sector execution
- Mini-grids
Led by: UNDP AMP, AfDB SEFA & IFC
6 speakers
11:15 - 12:30
Thematic session III: Renewable electrification through private sector grid solutions - creating public-private partnerships for modernisation of African grids
- Country action & impact
- Business models
6 speakers
11:15 - 12:30
Workshop III: Reaching Underserved Communities through Off- Grid Solar Solutions: The case of the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP)
- Country action & impact
Led by: Ministry of Energy & Petroleum of Kenya
5 speakers
11:15 - 12:15
GET.invest Matchmaking Session IV
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break & expo
13:00 - 13:30
Coffee corner: Women in clean energy celebration
Open to all Led by: RMI & AMP
1 speaker
13:30 - 15:30
Mini-grids session III: Financing architecture for scale
- Enabling investments
- Mini-grids
Led by: UNDP AMP, AfDB SEFA & IFC
6 speakers
14:30 - 15:45
Thematic session IV: From capital to capability: Financing local renewable energy manufacturing & skills development
- Enabling investments
- Skills development
7 speakers
14:30 - 15:45
Workshop V: Rolling out wind projects in Kenya & Africa
- Country action & impact
- Business models
Led by: European Union [Invite-only]
9 speakers
14:30 - 18:00
Workshop IV: RBF deep-dive: Capturing learnings to feed future RBF design & implementation
- Enabling investments
Led by: SNV
8 speakers
Applications available from 1 Mar 2026, 06:00 to 15 Apr 2026, 06:00
14:30 - 15:50
GET.invest Matchmaking Session V
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
15:30 - 17:30
Mini-grids session IV: Integrated electrification systems: The evolving role of mini-grids
- Mini-grids
Led by: UNDP AMP, AfDB SEFA & IFC
6 speakers
15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break
16:15 - 17:30
Thematic session V: E-mobility & DRE - Energising the African mobility sector
- Country action & impact
7 speakers
16:15 - 17:30
Workshop VI: Regulatory framework for financing, pricing & procurement of energy projects in Kenya
- Enabling investments
- Country action & impact
Led by: European Union [closed-door]
8 speakers
16:15 - 17:15
GET.invest Matchmaking Session VI
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
18:00 - 20:00
Thursday, 23 April 2026
09:30 - 10:45
Regional session II: Advancing industrialisation through renewables in eastern & southern Africa
- C&I
7 speakers
09:30 - 12:30
Workshop IX: Building ecosystem partnerships for Productive Use Energy (PUE) financing in Africa: A global south workshop
- Enabling investments
Led by: SEforAll, WRI & CLEAN India [Invite-only]
9 speakers
Applications available from 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 to 18 Apr 2026, 00:00
09:30 - 12:30
Workshop VII: From insights to action: Investing in skills to power green transition in Africa
- Skills development
Led by: OP-VET [EoI required to attend]
9 speakers
09:30 - 12:30
Workshop VIII: Launch of the guidance materials & support tools for compliance with ESG standards for the African mini-grid sector
- Mini-grids
Led by: AfDB SEFA, IFC & ARE [EoI required to attend]
5 speakers
09:30 - 10:50
GET.invest Matchmaking Session VII
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:30
Session VI: Critical raw materials value chain & renewable electrification
- C&I
5 speakers
11:15 - 12:15
GET.invest Matchmaking Session VIII
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
14:30 - 15:45
Thematic session VII: Powering connectivity: Providing sustainable electricty to telecom & digital infrastructure
- C&I
7 speakers
14:30 - 17:30
Workshop X: Wired for the future: Building renewable energy & the talent pipeline powering Africa’s energy transition
- Skills development
Led by: TEA-LP
2 speakers
14:30 - 17:30
Workshop XI: From capital to climate impact: Fixing the missing middle
- Enabling investments
Led by: PFAN [EoI required to attend]
2 speakers
14:30 - 15:50
GET.invest Matchmaking Session IX
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break
16:15 - 17:30
Thematic session VIII: Agro-processing infrastructure & energy demand
- C&I
7 speakers
16:15 - 17:15
GET.invest Matchmaking Session X
- Matchmaking Area
- Exhibition (Jambo Foyer)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
17:30 - 18:00
Closing remarks, GET.invest Matchmaking Awards & Family photo
2 speakers
Friday, 24 April 2026
09:00 - 16:00