Agenda

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The SADC Sustainable Energy Week is a crucial platform for fostering collaboration and innovation in the energy sector.

2024 Event Agenda available here

February 23, 2026

09:00 - 17:00

Session 1: 9th Southern African Solar Thermal Training & Demonstration Initiative (SOLTRAIN+) Conference

Room: Kalala

February 23, 2026

09:00-10:30

Session 2: Scaling Up and Integration of Clean Cooking in National Energy Access and Climate Action Agendas of Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Room: Kalundu

February 23, 2026

11:00 -12:30

Session 3: Powering Progress: Enabling Policies for Energy Security and Economic Development in Southern Africa

Room: Kalundu

February 23, 2026

13:30 - 15:00

Session 4: Wind Energy Development in the SADC Region

Room: Kalundu

February 23, 2026

15:00 - 17:00

Session 5: Redefining Power Sovereignty: Regional Cooperation in an Era of Increased Renewables

Room: Kalundu

February 24, 2026

09:00 - 10:30

Session 6A: Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa (EELA) Program Activities (regional and country perspectives)

Room: Kalala

February 24, 2026

11:00-12:30

Session 6.B: Advancing Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Future

Room: Kalala

February 24, 2026

09:00 -10:30

Session 7: Infrastructure Financing for an Energy Secure Region

Room: Kalundu

February 24, 2026

11:00 - 12:30

Session 8: Private Sector and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Investment Mobilisation (Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility (RTIFF))

Room: Kalundu

February 24, 2026

13:30 -15:00

Session 9: Powering Communities – Productive Use of Energy in the SADC Region

Room: Kalala

February 24, 2026

13:30 - 15:00

Session 10: Captive Power: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Powering Industrialisation in the SADC Region

Room: Kalundu

February 24, 2026

15:30-17:00

Session 11: Empowering Gender and Youth in the Energy Transition

Room: Kalala

February 24, 2026

15:30-17:00

Session 12: Leveraging SADC’s critical minerals, battery storage and green hydrogen for regional just energy transition and industrialisation

Room: Kalundu

February 25, 2026

Session 13: Official Opening Ceremony

Main Plenary Room

February 25, 2026

Session 14: Ministerial High-level Policy Deliberations: Driving Policy Synergies for a Sustainable Energy Transition in the SADC Region

Main Plenary Room

February 25, 2026

Session 15: SADC Regional Sustainable Energy Interventions Current-Situation and Priority Projects

Main Plenary Room

February 26, 2026

Session 16: National Energy Compacts - Progress Deliberations

Main Plenary Room

February 26, 2026

Session 17: National Energy Compacts - Progress Deliberations

Main Plenary Room

February 26, 2026

Session 18: National Energy Compacts - Progress Deliberations

Main Plenary Room

February 26, 2026

Session 19: Official Closing Ceremony Pathways to a Sustainable Energy Future: Reflections, Commitments, and Next Steps

Main Plenary Room

February 27, 2026

Session 20: Technical Tours/Site Visits: Innovative Practices and Technologies in Sustainable Energy

1. Solar Thermal & Energy Efficiency Facility
2. Biogas Facility
3. Solar PV Facility

February 27, 2026

2026 SADC SEW Golf Tournament