Alliance for Rural Electrification 52d ago

Africa’s expanding agroprocessing sector is driving significant and highly specific energy demand requirements for cold storage, milling, drying, refrigeration and industrial-scale processing facilities. This session examines how inadequate infrastructure, high operating costs and limited access to finance constrain the sector’s ability to adopt reliable, modern power solutions. Panellists will explore financing challenges, technology gaps and regulatory hurdles, while highlighting partnership models and clean energy approaches that can strengthen agroindustrial value chains, reduce losses and improve competitiveness across the region. Speakers: Nico Peterschmidt, CEO, INENSUS GmbH Patricia Mbogo, Executive Director, Alliance of Civil Society Organisations for Clean Energy Access- ACCESS Coalition Pierre Bucaille, Responsable Développement & Affaires Stratégiques, MyJouleBox Cornay Keefer, Business Development Manager: Access to Energy, Schneider Electric Mufaddal Mulla, Director, Burhani Solar Katja Tauchnitz, Senior Project Manager CEI Africa, Triple Jump / CEI Africa Rosalid Rwaru, Head of Sustainability, Bio Food Products Ltd