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The role of risk mitigation in renewable energy investments in Southern Africa

SEI Finance for Sustainable Development Programme hosted a webinar on the role of risk mitigation instruments when attracting private finance to renewable energy projects in Southern Africa.

SEI speakers included Daniel Duma at SEI Headquarters and Miquel Muñoz Cabré at SEI US.

28 June 2023 at 15:00 CEST

ending at 16:30 CEST

Sweden

Zoom webinar

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This webinar explored the role of risk mitigation instruments in attracting private finance to renewable energy projects in Southern Africa. The discussion focused on lessons learned from structuring and financing large utility scale solar projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. The webinar included presentations from Scaling Solar and GETFiT, two leading DFI-led risk mitigation programs.

In addition, the scope, effectiveness, limitations and potential for improvement of risk mitigation instruments were analyzed, particularly in the current context of high indebtedness in Africa.

The webinar marked the launch of a new SEI report on risk mitigation for renewable energy investments, the result of a collaboration between SEI and the Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia and the University of Cape Town Power Futures Lab.

Speakers: 

  • Dan Croft, Scaling Solar, International Finance Corporation  
  • Judith Raphael, GETFiT Zambia, Multiconsult
  • Wikus Kruger, Power Futures Lab – University of Cape Town
  • Miquel Muñoz Cabré, Stockholm Environment Institute
  • Daniel Duma, Stockholm Environment Institute 
  • Carly Evaeus, Stockholm Environment Institute 

Read the report

SEI team

Miquel Muñoz Cabré

Senior Scientist

SEI US

Daniel Duma
Daniel Duma

Research Fellow

SEI Headquarters

Carly Evaeus
Carly Evaeus

Fellow

SEI Headquarters

Ylva Rylander
Ylva Rylander

Communications and Impact Officer

Communications

SEI Headquarters

Topics and subtopics
Climate : Finance, Mitigation / Energy : Renewables
Related centres
SEI Headquarters, SEI US
Regions
Africa

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