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Panel Discussion: Interconnection & Transmission – A New Day for East Africa

30 Jan 2025
Baobab Room
The Supply-Demand Loop: Capitalizing on Excess Power

Exploring the booming market of transmission and interconnection, from IPTs to cross-border initiatives

  • EAPP & SAPP connection: what is the roadmap and how can we achieve it?
  • Advancements on the Z-T-K
  • More cross-border projects: Ethiopia-Kenya; Uganda-Tanzania
  • How cross-border cooperation can enhance energy security
  • Independent Power Transmission (IPT): how do IPTs work and how will they strengthen transmission networks?
  • What are the implications for the interconnectors becoming live in the near future?
Chairperson
Decklan Mhaiki, Independent Energy Expert - former Deputy MD at TANESCO, Tanzania
Speakers
John Mativo, MD/CEO - Ketraco, Kenya
James Karari Wahogo, Secretary General - Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)
Kamkwamba Kumwenda, CEO - Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), Malawi
Aderito Manso de Sousa, General Manager - Motraco, Mozambique
Maia Schuh, Investment Director, Project Finance (Africa & Pakistan), Infrastructure & Climate Group - BII