African and Nordic business relations to be strengthened in Oslo 8 October

Organised by the Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA), in partnership with Norfund and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Nordic- African Business Summit will gather over 400 guests from more than 35 different countries. South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza, Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and founder of Econet Group Strive Masiyiwa are among this year’s distinguished speakers.

Scatec Solar’s EVP Project Development & Project Finance, Terje Pilskog, will be one of the speakers in the round table session “Energy: The Renewable Revolution – An Answer to Africa’s Power Gap?”. This seminar will explore practical strategies to mobilize the funding needed to make meaningful impact on Africa’s power shortage.  

The Nordic-African Business Summit has become one of Europe’s leading business and investor conferences focusing exclusively on the African continent. This year’s Summit will focus on experience sharing in sectors such as finance, energy, technology and health. It is expected government delegations from South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Kenya and Ethiopia.

You can read more about the programme here.

Scatec Solar will also be present with more information about Release – a new service offering industrial players in emerging markets access to flexible, reliable and low-cost power through leasing agreements of pre-assembled solar and battery equipment.