Africa Investment Exchange:

Power & RenewablesEnabling power project development in Africa15-16 November 2017, RSA House, London

CbIInnovative �nancing

Structuring projects

Market strategies

O�-grid investment

Political risk

Impact investing

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Now in its fourth year, AIX: Power and Renewablesbrings established and non-traditional investmentsources (including private equity firms, family offices,foundations, institutional investors) together withproject developers and other stakeholders for a

frank discussion of the challenges facing investors

along the electricity value chain.

Contact Lauren Andrews for more details

T: +44 (0)1424 721667 E: lauren@cbi-research.com

About us

CbI MeetingsCbI Meetings was formed in 2013 by Cross-border Information, anestablished Africa and Middle East- focused consultant active in primaryinfrastructure sectors. Led by experienced regional specialists, CbIworks closely with the project development community on issues thataffect public and private sector investment decisions.

In 2014 we created the Africa Investment Exchange, a series ofinternational meetings for leading investors in Africa’s high growthindustries. This was followed in 2016 by the launch of the MENAInvestment Exchange: Energy meeting.

The agenda for all our Investment Exchange meetings are developed byexperienced staff at CbI’s African Energy.

All exchanges are

• Held under the Chatham House Rule

• Structured panel-led discussions and roundtables.

• Include Africa Hardball – a political risk strategy forum, which examines issues including the capacity of governments to deliver on projects.

• Hosted at RSA House, the Royal Society of Arts’ historic headquarters in London, an ideal venue for networking, with good breakout spaces and rooms for private meetings.

Directors

Bruno Coburn

T: +44 (0)1424 721667E: bruno@cbi-meetings.co.uk

Nick Carn

T: +44 (0)1424 721667E: nick@cbi-research.com

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08h30 to 09h00 Registration & coffee

09h00 to 10h00

Africa Power & Renewables Strategy

AIX P&R 2017 is structured to analyse the problemsand potentials along the project and investmentlifecycle. The morning starts with a broader view toidentify key trends in energy finance policy andregulation, renewable energy programmes and otherpower generation plans, and how offgrid integrateswith the grid.

10h00 to 11h00

Providing funding for early-stage development andviable projects

DFIs and public sector funders discuss developmentfinance initiatives and public sector support forensuring bankable RE and baseload projects.

• Industry snapshot: How does a power project or investment fit into a blended finance structure?

• Understanding additionality

• Structuring early stage risks

• Project preparation facilities

AIX: Power and Renewables

AIX workshop: 14 November

Day one – Power and renewables investment lifecycle

18h00 to 20h00

Evening reception at RSA House

08h30 to 09h00 Workshop registration & coffee

09h00 to 17h00

AIX workshopMore details of the workshop being planned duringAIX week will be added in the coming weeks.

17h00 to 18h00

African Energy LiveData Annual Report

Overview of the African power market and analysis oflatest data on power generation assets throughoutthe continent in 2017.

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• Defining bankability – the public sector view

• Resource, expertise and funding assistance available to facilitate projects

• Tariffs and market regulation – creating a sustainable enabling environment

• World Bank, OPIC and private sector insurance andguarantees

11h00 Coffee

11h30 to 13h00

Mobilising private sector expertise and finance forearly-stage development

Responding to the earlier session, private sectorinvestors and developers examine key issues theyface overcoming early stage project risks.

• Structuring early stage risks

• What is behind successful fundraising?

• Private sector views on public sector support, including project preparation facilities

• Defining bankability – structuring deals and accelerating project implementation

• Overcoming unproven tariffs, off-takers and PPAs

• Leveraging extractive industry-related investment to finance power infrastructure development

Solar snapshot: opportunities and hard lessons from recent FIT programmes

13h00 Lunch sponsored by

15-16 November

14h00 to 15h00

Reaching financial close

• Reaching financial close: how do you save time?

• Structuring complex deals – when to bring in local and international banks

• Funding development, construction and operations of an IPP

• Mitigating financial and operational risks

15h00 Coffee

15h30 to 16h30

Exits and entries

• Exit strategies for PE and other investors

• M&A as a means to enter the market

• Mobilising equities markets to purchase assets

• Alternative strategies for different project partners

• Perspectives from stock exchanges, pension funds and local sources of finance

16h30 to 17h30

AfricaHardBall The project cycle: tough talking onvirtuous and vicious circles

A discussion of the political risk and governanceissues that may affect investment decisions acrossthe project cycle.

• Renegotiating PPAs

• Environmental and social impacts of dams

17h30 Evening reception at RSA House

Day two afternoon – Off-grid investment exchange

Which off-grid business models are likely to scale quickly and how do they get financed?

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13h30 to 15h00

Electrification strategies

Incorporating an off-grid electrification strategy innational policy and regulation framework.

Update on pay-as-you-go PAYG and other off-gridbusiness models. Who will be electrifyinghouseholds and businesses in the next 3 to 5 years?

What part will micro- and mini-grids play in the off-grid energy mix?

15h00Coffee

15h15 to 16h30

Accessing finance

DFIs, banks, foundations, institutional and impactinvestors, venture capitalists and private equity fundsshare their perspective on investment opportuntiesand challenges facing off-grid sector.

Is there investor over-exuberance in the solar homesystem market?

Syndication and other innovative financialinstruments.

Securitisation and asset-backed financing solutions.

Stimulating local capital for off-grid models.

16h30 End of AIX: Power & Renewables

16 November

10h30 Coffee

09h00 to 10h30

Southern Africa Focus

South Africa snapshot: renewables mixed with LNG

procurement

Renewable and thermal generation models

emerging across SAPP.

11h00 to 12h30

North Africa Focus and South-South Co-operation

Morocco snapshot: an emerging economic andfinancial hub focusing on Africa.

Examining the energy mix across the region

11h00 to 12h30

East Africa Focus

Geothermal models in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.

Project and investment opportunities and challenges.

12h30 Lunch

Day two morning – Regional focus

Examining the energy mix across regions, including GTP, renewable energy and off-grid opportunities.

09h00 to 10h30

West Africa Focus

Senegal’s success at attracting local finance for solarprojects.

Overview of Nigeria’s power investment programme.

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Meeting room, with tea and coffee, for sponsor to conductprivate meetings with clients and potential clients at AIX

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£7,000 excl UK VAT Contact us for a tailored package

For sponsorship enquiries contact: Nick Carn Tel: +44 (0)1424 721667 Email: nick@cbi-research.com

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Professional services

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Past sponsors

Participants in 2016

Venue: RSA HouseDesigned in the early 1770s, RSAHouse is a famous centre forEnlightenment thinking, theintellectual and social home of someof the greatest thinkers and socialactivists of the past 200 years.

8 John Adam Street, London WC2N6EZ.

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