By Adewale Sanyaolu
Energy stakeholders are set to converge on Lagos to discuss key obstacles hindering the clean energy transition in West Africa.
Addressing the media in Lagos yesterday, Exhibition Manager,Energy Portfolio-MEA Informa Markets, Ade Yesufu explained that the 11th edition of the Nigeria Energy and Exhibition Conference with the theme: Breaking Barriers in the New Energy Era will focus on two primary area: policy and investment as it affects clean energy transition.
He explained that the event holding from October 15 to 17 in Lagos will highlight the need for supportive government policies that incentivise renewable energy development and conventional power systems and address the critical challenge of attracting sufficient investment to fund large-scale clean energy projects.
According to him, the event held with the endorsement of the Federal Ministry of Power, will bring together over 6,500 participants, including industry leaders, investors, policymakers, and innovators to discuss the region’s most critical energy challenges and opportunities with emphasis on sustainable power generation, innovation, investment, and energy access.
“The Nigeria Energy Leadership Summit is a platform for dialogue, knowledge sharing, and collaboration among key stakeholders.
By fostering open discussions, we aim to create a conducive environment for policy development, investment attraction, and technology adoption in the renewable energy sector and address the critical challenges of limited infrastructure capacity and inefficient quality to position Nigeria and West Africa as leaders in the transition to clean and sustainable energy sources,”.
Also speaking, Divisional Head, Skipper ETS Electric LTD, Sunil Kumar, said, “Our partnership with Informa Market to sponsor the Nigeria Energy over the years and for the 11th edition highlights our over 20 years commitment to bringing the best minds in the energy industry together to ensure sustainable growth of the industry.
For us, this event serves as a vital platform for fostering partnership’s and advancing solutions to Nigeria’s power sector challenges.”
On his part, Chief Operating Officer, Genesis Energy, Amina Lawal, said, “we are an energy infrastructure developer, a climate impact investor and an asset management group of companies that have been in operations for about two decades and is present in eight African countries.
Our vision is lighting up Africa one community at a time, and over the course of the conference, we will be speaking more on our ability to identify, source, and originate clean energy businesses in Africa, attract financing, and manage executions of clean energy projects”
So far, Nigeria Energy 2024 show floor is 100% sold out with several key exhibitors confirmed to participate in this year’s edition. The conference will also host a series of high-profile discussions led by industry thought leaders and will also cover five product sectors within the energy sector including: renewable energy, transmission and distribution, critical and back-up power, smart solutions and energy consumption and management
In addition, and as part of its sustainability initiatives, Nigeria Energy will include the Energy-X Contest to identify and empower emerging leaders passionate about driving the energy transition in Nigeria. The contest is designed to nurture a culture of entrepreneurship among university students and young graduates, catalysing the development of groundbreaking ideas and ventures.
Supporting the exhibition are leading global players in the energy, power and infrastructure industry such as SkipperSeil Limited, a global leader in power and infrastructure, confirmed as the Main Sponsor, while Genesis Energy and Tetracore Energy as gold conference sponsors.