NIGERIA ELECTRICITY AND CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE CONFERENCE

FINANCING THE FUTURE OF ELECTRICITY IN NIGERIA

FEATURING : KEYNOTES, SPECIAL ADDRESS, CHATS, CEO’s STRATEGIC CONVERSATION WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS IN SUSTANING ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, RENEWABLE ENERGY ACCESS TO FUNDING.

11 November, 2026

NAF Conference Center, Abuja

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Power Provides Unique Window into the Future of Power Generation

Attendees will participate in the:

  • Emerging generation technologies, and the rejuvenation and the reapplication of existing technologies, to both renewable, conventional generation and hybrid sites.
  • Exploration of technologies applicable to the reliable, efficient and economically-viable generation of electricity.

CONFERENCE AGENDA - Wednesday -November 11, 2026

Utibe Joseph

Managing Director

Onewave

Engr Olusegun Adesayo

Managing Director

Nigeria Electricity Managements service Agency

Waiting for confirmation

What to expect in power supply, demand and Market Evolution before 2030.

Hon Joseph Tegbe

Minister of Power Nigeria

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Waiting for confirmation

Prof Sam Amadi

Director Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts

Former Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission

Attracting Private Investment into Power & Clean Energy Financing

Abba Aliyu

MD/CEO,

Rural Electrification Agency

Refuelling the future of Nigeria’s Electricity and Clean Energy: Investment, Innovation and sustainability.

 This panel brings together experts from the electricity industry, including solutions providers to share their deep insights into the topics through technical question and practical experiences;

  • What role can renewable energy, gas-to-power, and hybrid solutions play in Nigeria’s electricity transition?
  • How can Nigeria mobilize long-term domestic and foreign investment to close the electricity financing gap?
  • What policy and regulatory reforms are most critical to unlocking private-sector investment across generation, transmission, and distribution?
  • How can digitalization, smart grids, and metering accelerate efficiency and revenue collection?
  • What skills and manpower gaps must be addressed to support the future electricity value chain?

Engr. Okwuokenye Chijioke

Managing Director

Abuja Electricity Distribution PLC

Waiting for confirmation

Engr. Felix O. Olu

Director, Electricity and Fossil Fuels

Energy Commission of Nigeria

Akinola Odeyemi,

Managing Director

Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc  

Waiting for confirmation

Temitope George

Managing Director

Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission

Olawale Olapegba

Business Consultant - Power and Renewables

International Energy Services

Hon. Joshua Gana

Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Power,

Federal House of Representatives Assembly National Assembly

Federal Republic of Nigeria

 Electricity Market Outlook and policy drivers’ storage in Nigeria 

Nigeria’s installed about capacity (~13 GW) is far larger than what the system reliably produces; actual generation is often ~1/3 of installed capacity because of gas shortages, grid constraints, vandalism and liquidity/debt problems across the sector. This under-performance keeps reliability low and increases demand for distributed backup and storage. The regulator Like (NERC) and other agencies have been active recently: new Electricity Act provisions, Eligible Customer Regulations (2024), Mini-Grid Regulations (2023), draft Net-Billing/Net-Metering rules (2025), and quarterly/annual NERC reporting —these show a regulatory push toward renewables, metering, and enabling third-party delivery models that open space for storage.  

This panel will explore the challenges and opportunities in Electricity Market outlook and policy drivers’ storage in Nigeria through the following questions;

  • Why storage matters for Nigeria as the drivers?
  • How can we manage this Barriers that policy must address?
  • How can we manage Financial / commercial- improved metering and tariff adjustments and recent subsidy cuts?
  • Create clear revenue stacks — enable storage to earn from multiple markets (arbitrage, reserve, frequency response, capacity payments) and allow aggregators/VPPs

Faruk Aliyu

Executive Director

North South Power Company Limited

Ayodeji Fayomi

Chief Operating Officer

First Electric

Abubakar Ibrahim, Ph.D

Chief Commercial Officer

Jos Electricity Distribution Plc

Sowunmi Olabode

Consultant, House Committee on Power & Senate Committee on Gas

National Assembly

Plenary Session:

Evolving Private Equity in electricity Project Finance

This panel will explore key strategies needed to manage equity and fundings in electricity and energy markets in Nigeria

  • How are private equity investment strategies in electricity and renewable energy evolving in response to policy, currency, and market risks?
  • What segments of the power and infrastructure value chain currently offer the most attractive risk-adjusted returns?
  • How are PE firms structuring deals to manage foreign exchange, off taker risk, and regulatory uncertainty?
  • What role do blended finance, guarantees, and DFIs play in improving bankability and crowding in private capital?
  • How can project pipelines be better prepared to meet PE investment criteria?
  • How can domestic pension funds and institutional investors be better integrated into power and infrastructure financing?
  • What reforms are needed to deepen local currency funding and reduce reliance on dollar-denominated capital?
  • What exit strategies are proving most viable for PE investments in electricity and infrastructure?

Nkiru Chime

Former AG, MD

The Infrastructure Bank Plc

Korede Demola- Adeniyi

Board Member

 The Alternative Bank

Waiting for confirmation

Engr Maymunah Audu Yusuf

Executive Director, Commercial

Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency

Waiting for confirmation

Dr. Armstrong Takang

Managing Director

Ministry of Finance Incorporated

Waiting for confirmation

Opeyemi Olatoye

Head, Corporate Finance & Advisory

Kedari Capital

Barr Chisom Okolie

Senior Associate

Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

Moderate

Dr. Musiliu Oseni

Chairman

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission

Waiting for confirmation

Funding Progress: Who Pays for Tomorrow’s Grids?

With 35% of Nigeria’s power grids now over four decades old, the Nigeria power projects that €584 billion in grid investment will be required by 2030 to meet surging energy demand and enable the energy transition. Many African countries face a similar challenge: comparable levels of spending will be essential if the region is to maintain reliability and remain globally competitive.  

This panel will explore key strategies needed to manage Nigeria power projects and grids sustainability and developments  

  • Examine innovative financing structures and risk-sharing models to enable capital-intensive infrastructure development in Nigeria electricity. 
  • Explore cross-sector partnerships and utility collaboration to deliver integrated, future-ready grids. 
  • Discuss strategies to balance affordability with reliability in scaling infrastructure for growing demand. 
  • Discuss future sustainable plans for grids and infrastructure.

Chief Sunday Oduntan

MD/CEO

 Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors

Emeka Onyegbule

Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer

Abia State Electricity Regulatory Authority

Emily Yenvel

Ag. Chief Financial Officer

Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc  

Waiting for confirmation

Engr. Oluwagbenga Ajiboye

Executive Director, Transmission Service Provider

Transmission Company of Nigeria

Waiting for confirmation

Engr. Abdulmumin Ahmad

Technical Manager

 Kaduna Electric

This panel will explore and share workable strategies that will help electricity players to sustain shortage and manage financial issues in the Electricity Market in Nigeria

  • Are there bankable power projects and grid reliability that is missing in power supply?
  • Can we achieve steady power supply through financing grid expansion?
  • Is there anything Nigeria government needs to do to solve electricity shortage?
  • How can we close the Nigeria power Gap before 2030?
  • Finance Vs Technical – which one to be considered as a driver in the supply shortage?  

Dr. Wisdom Enang

Senior Energy Consultant

Kaduna Electric

Oyindamola Sofoluwe

Senior Energy consultant

Havenhill Synergy Limited

Najeeb Abdussalam

Chief Executive Officer

Trust Synergy Infrastructure

Olakunle Owoeye

Co-Founder & Managing Director

ECOWATT Nigeria

Emeka Okpukpara

Partner,

Nextier Power

Hafiz Ibrahim, PhD

Special Adviser to Governor,

Katsina State on Power & Energy.

Engr. Emeka Iheme

CEO

Gasavant   Africa

Precious Isoh

Head , Corporate Development

Onewave

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