Solving the Offtaker Confidence Problem in Africa - Is Digital Infrastructure a Viable, Bankable Solution?

15 Oct 2026
Buffalo Stage, Hall 1.4
Renegade Intel
This session brings together leaders from data centres, cloud and connectivity, and AI-driven risk platforms to examine whether smart metering, digital payments, AI-driven credit and risk assessment, cloud-based data platforms, and interoperable energy systems can close the trust gap between developers, financiers, utilities, governments, and end users — and whether the digital infrastructure buildout under way across the continent is, in itself, a bankable asset class.
Chairperson
Victoria Lienhard
Victoria Lienhard, Head of Market Development, Americas and EMEA - S&P Global Energy, 451 Research
Speakers
Snehar Shah
Snehar Shah, CEO - iXAfrica
Sergio Pugliese
Sergio Pugliese, Executive President - African Energy Chamber
Morgan Eldred
Morgan Eldred, Founder - Digital Energy AI
Denilson Francisco
Denilson Francisco, Business Development Director - Copia Group of Companies
Gift Lubele
Gift Lubele, CEO and Co-Founder - Auraa Africa