At the Africa Energy Forum in Barcelona both public and private sector stakeholders requested EnergyNet to consider hosting an investor retreat focused on Zambia and Zimbabwe – why?

With both governments making innovative structural changes to make energy projects more bankable, Zimbabwe and Zambia are attracting private investment into solar, geothermal and wind - as well as the more traditional hydro projects - diversifying their energy mix. What impact are these changes having on the ease of doing business and the time taken to get energy to the consumer?

• Has recent debt restructuring and the introduction of policies such as Zimbabwe’s Government Implementation Agreement increased IPP/investor appetite?
• Are feed-in tariffs and grid liberalisation enough in the current climate to secure investment?
• How is local currency financing and dedollarisation to lower interest rates and promote public finance stabilisation supporting FDI?