The Africa Energy Forum 2026 at the CTICC in Cape Town has discussed various ways to attract investment, Powering Africa’s Mineral Gateways through Rail, Ports, Digital Corridors and more.
The forum began on Tuesday and extends to Friday this week.
Themed “Building Africa’s Industrialised Future” the forum attracted leaders from the energy sector, infrastructure, finance and technology.
Phindile Masangane, Group Executive: Programmes of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), is expected to be part of a panel on Wednesday afternoon, discussing “Powering Africa’s Mineral Gateways: Rail, Ports, and Digital Corridors.”
Mahlatsi Molokomme, Principal Investment Officer at the DBSA, is a moderator and host of Thursday’s session on “Powering Regional Integration: Energy Security, Infrastructure and Trade Integration across Africa.”
Speaking at one of the sessions on Tuesday, Dan Marokane, Eskom Group CEO said “load shedding is behind us. The next frontier is affordability as South Africa’s economic recovery gains momentum. Eskom Green is part of Eskom’s redesign for the future, we are crowding in partners and delivering the benefits of execution excellence. Gas remains the backbone for renewable energy penetration.”
Hussein Shoukry, of Siemens Energy, who was part of the same panel, said the South African ambition is clear and set.
“What matters now is securing long-lead items such as gas turbines, adopting a grid-first strategy to avoid wasted capacity, and embedding strong in-country localisation.”
Kgosientso Ramokgopa, the Minister of Energy and Electricity, opened the 2026 Africa Energy Forum, on Tuesday.
Ramokgopa called on Africa to treat energy security not as a technical matter, but as the foundation of its industrial future.
With Mission 300 aiming to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030, the Minister affirmed that the time for implementation is now.
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