The 14th AEF will be held at the Estrel Convention Centre, Berlin, 26 to 28 June 2012
Latest confirmed Ministries attending AEF 2012
Philipp Rφsler, Minister of Economics and Technology - BMWi, Germany
Mesumbe Martin Akame, Director of Petroleum Products and Gas, Ministry of Energy & Water Resources, Cameroon
Jean Jacques Bouya, Minister of Public Works, Republic of the Congo
Salif Kabore, Minister of Energy & Mines, Ministry of Energy & Mines, Burkina Faso
Elton Mangoma, Minister of Energy & Power Development, Zimbabwe
Salvador Namburete, Minister for Energy, Mozambique
William Ngeleja, Minister of Energy & Minerals, Tanzania
Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, Deputy Minister of Energy , Ghana
Saida Omar Abdillahi, Adviser to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Djibouti
Abdel Kader Embarek El Mekki, General Director of Energy, Ministry of Mining and Energy, Algeria
To see a full list of confirmed speakers, please visit our speakers page
Africa Energy Forum
Now in its 14th year, the Africa Energy Forum is the established meeting place for the African power sector. All the players in the industry are in the same place at the same time. As the International Finance Corporation noted in 2011 "AEF is the biggest and most interesting conference on African energy in the world.”
AEF unites government and power utilities of Africa with the energy industry to focus on delivering power infrastructure projects in Africa. With massive demand for power in Africa, and international investors keen to fund power projects, this is the established event that African governments and private sector attend year on year. As a result AEF has become the place to do business and meet new and prospective clients.
The Marketplace
AEF is the leading marketplace for Africa's power, renewable energy and gas sectors. Participants are able to keep abreast of developments, meet the industry, examine the major challenges facing the sectors and discuss business opportunities with clients.
The Participants
A record 657 participants from 51 countries attended AEF 2011. Out of the 51 countries represented at AEF 2011, 28 were from Africa. Also of note were the countries that were represented by their energy ministers: Burkina Faso, Chad, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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Who attends the Africa Energy Forum?
Click here to search the companies that attended AEF 2011.
The Feedback
• AEF is the biggest and most interesting conference on African energy in the world.
• The main value for RMB to attend the AEF is the fact that most of the players in the industry are in the same place at the same time. AEF is the premier conference for the African power sector.
• I would love to participate – especially as my first 270MW will start coming on line in August 2010 – all thanks to me meeting GE at the AEF in Lille a few years ago.
• You should be pleased to know Sol is now working on a project in Namibia through a gentleman I met at AEF two years ago. You are doing good work.
• Ambassador Hamadziripi and Honourable Minister Mangoma were equally delighted to have been part of the Africa Energy Forum 2011. Zimbabwe looks forward to participation at the next AEF scheduled for Berlin.
• Thanks very much - an excellent conference indeed. I have nothing but high praise for the conference in general - thank you!
• Thank you for inviting us to AEF2011, for EDM this was a sucessful event by the record number of participants and their diversity allowing for the inumerous parallel meetings. We consider AEF as the forum for business and raising investments for the African Energy Sector.
• I actually had lunch yesteday in Croydon with one of the guests at AEF from KPLC before he flew back to Nairobi, very good contacts made at this years event.
• AEF remains by far the best conference on power developments in Africa.
For us, AEF stands out as the best African power meeting. In my view, the "players" will attend it no matter where it is.
Berlin
For the first time since it's launch in 1999, the Africa Energy Forum will be hosted in the capital of Germany. Berlin is currently the most popular tourist destination in Europe. With a new international airport scheduled to open in 2012 and competitive hotel rates, Berlin is an ideal destination for AEF's international delegates.
History of the Africa Energy Forum
The Africa Energy Forum (AEF), launched in 1999, is Africa's premier annual power and gas investment and business forum, where governments and state utilities address the international energy community on opportunities available in Africa's power and gas sectors. The large gathering of decision makers increases the likelihood that business will be done, and feedback suggests that this is indeed so.
Investment and business promotion is supported by the AEF MarketSite on this website, which provides project and industry information, an email service for contacting other delegates, and industry contact details.
Power Meeting
The Africa Energy Forum brings together senior government officials and private-sector executives to discuss opportunities in expanding public and private power.
All major sectors of the power and gas industry gather in June each year for three days of intensive networking. Of the 406 who attended in 2009, 139 representatives were from 17 African countries, making AEF a pan-African energy forum. 11% of the total participants were African government representatives and another 6% from African energy regulators. 52% of the delegates came from Europe. Private power developers and equipment suppliers accounted for 25% of the total, while the finance sector, including development banks, commercial banks, investors and advisers, accounted for a further 18%.
The renewable energy sector made up 5% of delegates at AEF 2009. This concentration of businesses under one roof expands the opportunities for fruitful contacts, and the accompanying AEF Exhibition provides valuable corporate exposure.
The Industry Programme
The AEF programme examines
Restructuring and privatization of state-owned utilities
Public-private partnerships
Financing power expansion
Regional power markets
Regulation of the power sector
Growth in the use of natural gas
Energy access for economic development
Risk and energy security
The Africa Power Caucus has become an important debating session, where leading players in the African power sector discuss how best to restructure and expand capacity to meet Africa's growing power needs.