Explore how capital can be mobilised to accelerate Africa’s infrastructure pipeline in this exclusive conversation with Femi Awofala, Chief Executive Officer of The African Catalyst.

As InfraConnect 4.0 convenes under the theme “Mobilising Capital: Accelerating Africa’s Infrastructure Pipeline,” this interview unpacks the real challenges behind Africa’s infrastructure deficit — moving beyond the financing gap to address the critical bankability gap.

Femi Awofala shares:

• Why The African Catalyst was founded
• The structural gaps limiting infrastructure investment in Africa
• How private capital can be unlocked at scale
• The role of capacity building, investment readiness, and ecosystem development
• A deep dive into the Early Stage Infrastructure Investment Readiness Programme (ESIIR)

This conversation is essential for:
✔️ Infrastructure investors
✔️ Project sponsors & developers
✔️ Policymakers & DFIs
✔️ Professionals in project finance & development

If you're looking to understand how Africa can move from concept to bankable infrastructure projects, this is a must-watch.

Key takeaway: Africa doesn’t lack capital — it lacks investment-ready projects. ESIIR is designed to change that.

AI is not just software — it’s infrastructure.In this high-level conversation, Sir Kenn (Technology TV Host) and Femi Awofala (Infrastructure & Investment Advisor, Brickstone Africa) break down what the rise of Artificial Intelligence truly means for Africa — beyond the hype.From data centres and electricity to fibre networks, subsea cables and capital flows, this episode explores the real foundations of the AI economy and asks a critical question:👉 Can Africa build the infrastructure required to compete in the global AI race?🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:Why AI is fundamentally an infrastructure storyThe critical gaps holding Africa back (power, connectivity, data centres)How AI will reshape jobs, industries and citiesWhether Nigeria can become Africa’s AI hubThe biggest investment opportunities in digital & energy infrastructureThe role of private capital, governments & DFIsWhat Africa must build now to avoid being left behind by 2035

Africa's energy transition is often told as a solar story. Tabi T. Tabi, founder of Pan-African energy technology company Granville Energy, argues it doesn't have to be. In this edition's Infrapreneur Spotlight, Tabi draws on a career spanning hardware engineering, telecommunications software, and cross-continental enterprise to make the case for a more diversified energy future — one that takes seriously the continent's vast but underutilized potential in small-scale hydro, biogas, and wind.

From Granville's landmark 1GW floating solar partnership at Nigeria's Kainji Dam to modular hydro deployments in the DRC, Tabi speaks candidly about the structural reasons solar came to dominate, why the complexity narrative around alternative technologies deserves a hard rethink, and what it will take — in financing, standards, skills, and institutional design — to build an energy Africa can truly call its own.

Governance is the invisible architecture behind every infrastructure project. In this episode, we unpack how institutional structures, procurement systems, and accountability frameworks shape — or sabotage — infrastructure delivery in Nigeria and across Africa.

Infrastructure projects in Africa don't fail at the financing stage. They fail in the field, when the cement doesn't arrive, the rains come early, and the project schedule meets reality and loses. That's what this episode is about. 

This episode explores how experienced infrastructure lawyers approach the legal inception of majorprojects across Africa.The early stages of an infrastructure project are often the most consequential yet the leastvisible. Before a single contract is signed or a regulatory filing is made, the legal architecture of aproject is quietly being assembled. Decisions made in these foundational weeks and monthsaround project company structure, stakeholder arrangements, and contractual frameworks willeither enable or constrain every milestone that follows.

The Nigerian government is committed to achieving a Just Transition for Nigerians as it launched the Energy Transition Plan (ETP) as one of the major approaches to achieving the net-zero targets by 2060; addressing climate change and building a more sustainable economy.

The transition plan for Africa largely relies on natural gas as a transition fuel; to power the continent, as it transitions away from coal, and other heavily-polluting fuels to clean energy alternatives. It is expected to become the dominant fuel both for domestic uses such as cooking and private vehicles and for industrial uses, including power generation.

Also, the African continent has seen a rapid rise in the adoption of solar energy, as the fall in costs globally has made photovoltaic solar cells more readily available. We have also seen quite a few wind energy projects spring up across the continent. Africa is now expected to significantly adopt battery energy storage systems (BESS), as it builds up these renewable energy components of its power grids.

Key Discussion Points

Interpreting the sector at present: panelists discussed around the following themes;

• How they, as professionals in the natural resource sector, evaluate the risks and opportunities in the sector.
• The current issues that Energy Transition and the government’s ETP bring to Nigeria.
• How the Natural Resources Sector may contribute to Energy Transition in Nigeria.
• Ways in which Energy Transition can aid the development of natural resources in Nigeria.

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Low Carbon Alternative for Mass Transition in Africa
Featuring Mr. Femi Awofala and Yens Conrad.

Explore practical solutions for Africa’s energy transition, sustainable infrastructure, and low-carbon innovations. Learn how the continent can adopt greener technologies, reduce emissions, and drive economic growth while protecting the environment.

Tune in now and discover the path to a cleaner, sustainable Africa!