AGSES is a high-level platform where African and global leaders meet to turn climate ambition into investable projects — from wind, geothermal, solar and green hydrogen to restored forests, fair carbon markets, finance that reaches everyone, sustainable charcoal, locally processed minerals and produce, and young African talent serving clients worldwide.
Africa holds some of the world's richest renewable-energy resources, vast restorable landscapes and the youngest, fastest-growing population on the planet. Yet much of the capital, technology and market access needed to unlock this potential sits elsewhere. AGSES brings these together.
Rather than another conference of speeches, the summit is designed around practical outcomes: matching projects with finance, connecting innovators with markets, and building partnerships between African institutions and counterparts across the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Oceania. Our conviction is simple — the global green transition should be a driver of African prosperity, not a new barrier to it.
Each track pairs expert dialogue with project showcases and partnership sessions.
Africa's coastlines, highlands and escarpments hold wind resources that remain largely unharnessed. This track looks at resource mapping, grid integration, utility-scale and community wind models, and how global turbine makers, developers and financiers can partner with African utilities and local suppliers.
The East African Rift and its extensions offer clean, round-the-clock power that can complement weather-dependent renewables. Sessions explore exploration risk, drilling finance, direct-use applications such as agro-processing, and knowledge exchange with established geothermal nations.
From nano-structured thin films to flexible, lightweight panels, emerging solar technologies could cut costs and open new uses — rooftops, mini-grids, vehicles and portable devices. This theme connects research labs, manufacturers and African innovators on pilots, local assembly and technology transfer.
Restoring degraded land protects water catchments, soils and livelihoods while drawing down carbon. We focus on community-led restoration, native species, agroforestry, monitoring with satellites and drones, and long-term funding models that reward communities for stewardship.
Regenerative and biodiversity-friendly agriculture can raise yields and resilience while protecting pollinators, soils and wildlife corridors. Discussions cover conservation agriculture, crop diversity, market access for sustainably produced goods, and support for smallholders.
High-integrity carbon markets can channel finance to African projects — if they are transparent and fair. This track examines quality standards, benefit-sharing with communities, national frameworks, Article 6 cooperation and how project developers can reach global buyers with credibility.
Clean energy and sustainable farming scale fastest when people can pay, save and borrow. We explore mobile money, pay-as-you-go energy, green bonds, blended finance and insurance products that bring unbanked households and small businesses into the green economy.
When wind and solar produce more power than the grid can absorb, that surplus can be turned into green hydrogen through electrolysis and stored for later use — as fuel, as an industrial feedstock, or converted back to electricity. This track explores how hydrogen storage can firm up variable renewables, decarbonise mining and heavy industry, and position Africa as a partner in emerging global hydrogen value chains.
A young, connected, English-speaking workforce can serve clients anywhere in the world from Africa. This theme looks at building world-class remote teams in software development, website design, customer support and sales — and at the skills, connectivity, payment rails and trust that let African talent compete and lead in global digital markets.
Charcoal remains a key energy source for many households and businesses, but unsustainable production degrades forests. This track explores how charcoal can be made sustainably — from managed woodlots and certified sourcing to efficient kilns that use less wood — and how it can be put to better use: biochar for healthier soils, cleaner-burning cookstoves and briquettes, and industrial applications.
Africa's young people are its greatest asset. This theme focuses on equipping students and young professionals in Zambia and across the continent with skills that bring income into Africa — exporting services and products, working with international clients, and building businesses that earn in global markets while staying rooted at home.
Too often, minerals and agricultural produce leave Africa in raw form and the value is added elsewhere. This track looks at local processing and value addition — refining and beneficiating minerals, and processing, packaging and branding produce — so that more jobs, skills and revenue stay in the countries where resources originate.
Six reasons Zambia is a compelling home for a global sustainability summit.
Zambia has enjoyed 62 years of peace since independence, with no civil war or coup. English is the language of law and business, and the country borders eight nations — a natural, neutral meeting place for a pan-African summit.
About 80% of Zambia's electricity comes from hydropower, and recent droughts have exposed the risk of relying on a single source. The government targets 600 MW of solar and wind by 2030, while demand rises alongside copper output, targeted at 3 million tonnes a year by 2031.
The Viphya Mountains, the Muchinga Escarpment and Eastern, Central and Lusaka Provinces have good wind resources, yet utility-scale wind has barely started. Zambia also lies on the southwestern extension of the East African Rift, with more than 80 documented thermal springs pointing to baseload geothermal potential.
Strong year-round sunshine on a high plateau, 42 million hectares of arable land, large forests and over 40% of SADC's water resources support solar at every scale, reforestation, biodiversity-friendly farming and carbon-credit programmes.
The Electricity Act 2019 lets private producers sell power directly to any buyer. Export manufacturing in Multi-Facility Economic Zones pays 0% corporate tax for 10 years, and there are no foreign exchange controls.
Lusaka hosts the COMESA headquarters, and Zambia is a member of SADC and the AfCFTA. Many rural households are not yet connected to the grid or to banks, so off-grid solar, mobile money and digital finance can reach millions of new customers.
Ministries, energy regulators and regional bodies shaping policy.
Project developers, manufacturers, utilities, agribusiness and exporters.
Impact funds, DFIs, banks, insurers and fintech providers.
Universities, labs and think-tanks driving innovation.
NGOs, cooperatives, farmer groups and community leaders.
Development agencies and organisations from every continent.
January 26 – 27, 2027 at GCCC, Lusaka, Zambia. Session times and the detailed programme are to be announced.
Speakers will be announced as they are confirmed.
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AGSES takes place on January 26 – 27, 2027 at GCCC, Lusaka, Zambia.
Twelve themes: wind energy, geothermal energy, nano-solar and next-generation photovoltaics, reforestation, biodiversity farming, carbon credits, financial inclusion, green hydrogen storage, leadership in global online services, sustainable charcoal production and use, educating young people for jobs that bring income into Africa, and activating natural resources through local processing.
Anyone working on or investing in sustainable development: public institutions, companies, investors, researchers, civil society and international partners.
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Lusaka, Zambia
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