PARTNERSHIPS
2025 Partners
PREMIUM PARTNER
Central Energy Fund
CEF SOC Ltd is a Schedule 2 state owned national entity with a focus on oil, gas, coal, renewable and clean energy options reporting to the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR). The organisation which derives its mandate primarily from the Central Energy Fund Act No. 38 of 1977 operates in South Africa with strategic partnerships in Ghana and Mozambique. It controls the following entities with commercial, strategic and developmental roles in the energy industry:
Following the approval of the merger by Cabinet, the following three entities are now operating as Legacy Entities:
CEF also includes the Energy Projects Division (EPD), which was established in 2004 to pursue commercially viable investments in renewable energy. It is also responsible for managing the Equalisation Fund on behalf of Government.
Gold sponsors
SLG
SLG (Pty) Ltd is a dynamic, forward-thinking energy company that has significantly impacted the Southern African energy sector since its establishment in 2002 by Sasol. Over 23 years, the company has developed expertise in supplying piped gas and compressed natural gas (CNG) to industrial clients in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. As a leader in South Africa’s energy value chain, SLG balances economic growth with social and environmental responsibility. SLG provides piped gas and a suite of value-added services to industrial and commercial customers in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
In 2015, SLG established the first Compressed Natural Gas facility in KZN, enabling market access far from the pipeline network. SLG is one of the largest suppliers of piped gas and the largest supplier of CNG in Southern Africa, boasting over 50% market share in KZN.
As a 100% black-owned and managed company, SLG is driven by its vision to become a leading integrated energy company in Southern Africa. Customer centricity underpins everything SLG does. SLG’s technical expertise ensures safe and optimal gas usage, helping industrial companies switch from less environmentally friendly fuels to natural gas, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
SLG’s strong stakeholder relationships and successful track record as a downstream aggregator in KZN underpin its ongoing success and commitment to pioneering the entry of LNG into South Africa.
Eskom
Eskom is a strategic 100% state-owned electricity utility and South Africa’s primary electricity supplier. Its mandate is to assist in lowering the cost of doing business in South Africa, enabling economic growth and providing stability of electricity supply, through providing electricity in an efficient and sustainable manner.
The company transforms inputs from the natural environment – coal, nuclear fuel, diesel, kerosene, water, and wind – into the energy supplied to a wide range of customers (industrial, mining, commercial, agricultural and residential customers) as well as redistributors, thereby supporting economic growth and improving the quality of life in South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
Rompco
The Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Investments Company (ROMPCO) is a joint venture between iGas (South Africa), CMG (Mozambique), and Sasol, established to transport natural gas from Mozambique’s Pande and Temane fields to markets in Mozambique and South Africa, fostering regional economic growth. Formed in 2000 under a Cross Border Agreement, ROMPCO was authorized to construct, own, and operate the Mozambique-Secunda Pipeline (MSP). This pipeline, including Loopline 1, Loopline 2, and the Komatipoort Compressor Station, facilitates gas transportation from Mozambique’s Central Processing Facility to customers in various industries across both nations.
GOLD SPONSORS
ROMPCO
Solis
The Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA)
GGDA is committed to creating an inclusive and transformed Gauteng economy that attracts foreign and domestic direct investment, develops sustainable enterprises and strategic economic infrastructure, and enables the growth of exports to the continent and beyond.
As the implementing arm of the Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED), the GGDA provides a seamless one-stop shop service aimed at unlocking investment and expansion opportunities for local and global businesses, whilst facilitating the ease of doing business.
The Vaal Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
Telkom
Telkom is a leading information and communications technology (ICT) services provider in South Africa. Our mission is to seamlessly connect people to a better life. We carry this through in all our brands, whether at the consumer, business, or wholesale level.
Our Telkom Foundation actively works to bridge the digital divide, with projects including the Connected Schools programme, while Telkom FutureMakers, our enterprise and supplier development initiative, empowers digital entrepreneurs to realise their vision.
Telkom continues to innovate and consistently provides products and services that advance South Africans.
Telkom was honoured to receive the prestigious Top Employer Award – for a second year in a row in January 2024 – a testament to the Company’s dedication to achieving a harmonious balance between investing in its workforce, refining operational processes, enhancing the physical work environment, and embracing cutting-edge technology.
This achievement cements Telkom’s efforts and commitment to connecting South Africans, including the youth, to a better future through relevant and innovative products to offer immense value and benefit to the market.
SILVER SPONSOR
ECIC
ECIC is the official export credit agency (ECA) of South African government. ECIC provides insurance that enables South African exporters to offer their services and products on the international market, with a particular focus on emerging markets that are considered too risky for conventional insurers. Its overarching goal and mandate from the South African government is to make South African exporters attractive to international buyers to attract foreign income, stimulate local economic growth and create local jobs.
Telkom Business
Telkom is a leading information and communications technology (ICT) services provider in South Africa. Our mission is to seamlessly connect people to a better life. We carry this through in all our brands, whether at the consumer, business, or wholesale level.
Our Telkom Foundation actively works to bridge the digital divide, with projects including the Connected Schools programme, while Telkom FutureMakers, our enterprise and supplier development initiative, empowers digital entrepreneurs to realise their vision. Telkom continues to innovate and consistently provides products and services that advance South Africans.
Telkom was honoured to receive the prestigious Top Employer Award – for a second year in a row in January 2024 – a testament to the Company’s dedication to achieving a harmonious balance between investing in its workforce, refining operational processes, enhancing the physical work environment, and embracing cutting-edge technology.
This achievement cements Telkom’s efforts and commitment to connecting South Africans, including the youth, to a better future through relevant and innovative products to offer immense value and benefit to the market.
AON
Aon plc (NYSE: AON) exists to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. Our colleagues provide our clients in over 120 countries with advice and solutions that give them the clarity and confidence to make better decisions to protect and grow their business. Through our experience, global reach and state-of-the-art analytics, we are better able to help clients meet rapidly changing, increasingly complex and interconnected challenges to protect and grow their businesses.
ABC Solar
ABC Solar is a BEE level 4 company and a trusted leading distribution partner for Huawei and Longi. We are dedicated to meeting unique energy needs while maintaining a strong commitment to quality, customer satisfaction, and the four core values we uphold: Safety, Innovation, Partnership, and Sustainability.
We strive to commit to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to unlock new opportunities in the renewable industry and serve customers who prioritize working with socially responsible organisations.
Drawing from extensive experience and expertise in the field, ABC Solar has emerged as a leading distributor of renewable energy solutions in the country. Our extensive distribution hubs, strategically located in major metropolitan areas, enhance our scalability and credibility, enabling us to deliver top-of-the-line products, including batteries, inverters, and solar panels, that cater to the unique needs of residential, commercial, and industrial applications.
By harnessing the power of renewable energy, we empower businesses and individuals alike to make a positive impact on the world while enjoying the benefits of efficient and cost-effective energy solutions.
Together, let’s shape the future with greener, safer, and transformative energy solutions.
Hatch
PLENARY PANEL SPONSORS
SLG (Pty) Ltd
DBSA
The Development Bank of Southern Africa is one of the leading development financial institutions on the continent. Our primary purpose is delivering impactful development finance solutions that ignite transformative change in South Africa and on the rest of the African continent. Improving the quality of life of people in Africa is the fundamental focus of our development impact. We aim to bend the arc of history towards shared prosperity through multifaceted investments in sustainable infrastructure and human capacity.
Our product solutions span all phases of the infrastructure development value chain from infrastructure planning and project preparation, across range of financing and non-financing investments to infrastructure implementation and delivery. Our primary areas of focus include Energy, ICT, Transport, Water and Sanitation. Our secondary area of focus are Education, Housing and Health.
GET.invest
BREAKAWAY SESSION SPONSORS
The Global Distributors Collective (GDC)
The Global Distributors Collective (GDC) is a collective of 200 last mile distributors, operating in more than 60 countries around the world. GDC members play a vital role in alleviating global poverty and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals, by selling beneficial products such as solar lights, improved cooking solutions, and water filters. The GDC is dedicated to supporting distributors to help them reach millions of underserved customers with beneficial products, and to developing the last mile distribution sector as a whole. The GDC is hosted by Practical Action alongside strategic and implementing partner Bopinc.
GOGLA
GOGLA is the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry.
Our 200+ members provide millions of low-income and climate-vulnerable people with affordable, high-quality products and services; rapidly increasing customers’ productivity, connectivity, and resilience.
To enable sustainable businesses and accelerate energy access, we provide market insights, standards and best practice, and advocate for catalytic policies, programmes and investment. With the right support, our pioneering industry can improve the lives of 1 billion people by 2030.
SESSION SPONSOR
ARE organisation
EXHIBITION VISITOR BAG SPONSOR
Huanyu Energy
Women in Energy Breakfast Sponsor / Networking Reception Sponsor / Breakaway Panel Sponsor
Lesedi
Lesedi is an Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC), EPCm Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contractor with a diversified service offering operating in the Power Generation, Mining as well as Oil and Gas Sectors.
Lesedi executes turnkey bespoke projects and takes projects from concept and basic design to detailed engineering, procurement, project management, installation, and commissioning, as well as project and contract management.
Lesedi’s Renewable division capabilities also extend to include Project Development for Biomass, Biogass, Waste to Energy, and Hybrid (Wind, Solar, Battery) projects in the IPP markets.
CEO Roundtable sponsor
Kearney
Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm. For nearly 100 years, we have been a trusted advisor to C-suites, government bodies, and nonprofit organisations. Our people make us who we are. Driven to be the difference between a big idea and making it happen, we work alongside our clients to regenerate their businesses to create a future that works for everyone.
Investment Hub Partner
Odoo
Odoo is a suite of open source applications that cover all your business needs:CRM,ecommerce, manufacturing,inventory,project management etc. Odoo’s unique positioning is to be both very easy to use and fully integrated.
INDABA ENERGY LEADERS DIALOGUE PARTNER
McKinsey & Company
Name Badge and Lanyard Sponsor
Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone Company (RBIDZ)
CEO ROUNDTABLE SPONSORS
BCG
Founded in 1963, and with offices in over 50 countries, BCG’s diverse, global team comprising of 30 000 plus people bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that provide clients with management consulting solutions. Through its transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders, BCG empowers organisations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage and drive positive societal impact. For more, go to www.bcg.com
BCG is well established in Africa, with offices in: Cairo, Casablanca, Johannesburg, Lagos, and Nairobi, bringing together a team of nearly 600 collaborators. For more about BCG in Africa, go to bcg.com/Africa
KEARNEY
As a global consulting partnership in more than 40 countries, our people make us who we are. We’re individuals who take as much joy from those we work with as the work itself. Driven to be the difference between a big idea and making it happen, we help our clients break through.
LANYARD SPONSOR
Coega Development Corporation
PARTNER SPONSOR
South African National Energy Development Institute
The South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) was established in 2011 under the National Energy Act, 2008 (Act No. 34 of 2008). The Act provides for SANEDI to direct, monitor and conduct energy research and development, promote energy research and technology innovation as well as undertake measures to promote energy efficiency throughout the economy.
SANEDI’s focus is mainly developing innovative, integrated clean energy and resource efficient solutions that aim to catalyse growth and prosperity. As technologies develop and mature, opportunities for innovative energy solutions that can make a meaningful contribution are becoming increasingly relevant for improving energy access and lowering the country’s carbon footprint.
SANEDI operates in a global context shaped by several megatrends including climate change, urbanisation, demographic shifts, Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and growing inequalities. We have shaped programmes of action and have adopted three themes to strengthen and drive our mandate. The themes are: Climate Change and Decarbonisation, Service Delivery within the Municipal Environment, and Information Knowledge (Data and Knowledge Management) and Technological Convergence.
Plenary Panel Sponsor
Hatch
Plenary Panel Sponsor
Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone Company (RBIDZ)
Breakaway Panel Sponsor
Oxfam
Oxfam in Southern Africa is part of a movement in the region and beyond – working with the most vulnerable and poor sections of our society to challenge and advocate for the transformation of growth and development models to create a just and sustainable future for all in Southern Africa. We recognize and value the people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them. We particularly seek to strengthen policy, legal and institutional frameworks that facilitate equitable access to modern, appropriate and affordable technology and support services including a just energy transition that boost agricultural productivity and benefit rural farmers and their communities.
HOST CITY
Invest in Cape Town’s Green Economy
Cape Town is a leading African business hub that supports innovation and big ideas. It is a top-ranked destination to visit and has all the attributes that appeal to people looking for a great city in which to live, work, study, play and invest. The city has a thriving knowledge economy and a growing skills market, and is inclusive to all who can contribute to its vision of creating a safe, sustainable, and vibrant urban environment. The City’s Energy and Economic Growth Directorates are committed to delivering on our Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and aligning with United Nations SDG goals 7 and 8 by obtaining investments, building a secure economy and energy future, and creating a more resilient city. The City is investing in ending load-shedding by diversifying its energy sources and facilitating private and public-sector investment into grid-connected energy generation. This initiative is supported by the City of Cape Town’s council-approved ‘Energy Strategy: Our Shared Energy Future: The 2050 Energy Strategy for the City of Cape Town’. The focus is on renewable and dispatchable technologies, with an emphasis on energy storage and demand-side management. The success of this initiative depends on strong partnerships between the City, private sector, and citizens. For more information, visit www.capetown.gov.za/energy
Establish in Africa’s Green Economy hub
Cape Town forms part of a region which has become renowned as Africa’s renewable energy and green-tech hub. The city has cultivated a strong presence of leading renewable energy companies and innovations. This has in turn already attracted a number of professional services and financiers to the sector here.
For more information about Cape Town’s attractive investment incentives, visit www.investcapetown.com