Date: 12 - 14 May 2026
Location: London, United Kingdom
Description: The Africa Energies Summit brings together Africa’s energy industry for a unique event shaped for companies active across the Continent and provides unrivalled insight into the world’s fast changing energy landscape. Join us to connect, collaborate and get deals done!
Date: 19 - 20 May 2026
Location: Yaounde, Cameroon
Description: International Conference on Energy Storage and Conversion (ICESC - 26) at Yaounde, Cameroon, on 19th - 20th May 2026 is delighted to welcome professionals, academicians, and practitioners from the field to attend high-level conferences. The IIRD is organising meaningful discussions focusing on solutions, future scope, and ongoing trends. This is your chance to acquire knowledge, learn, and improve.
Date: 19 - 21 May 2026
Location: CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa
Description: Enlit Africa 2026 delivers what the sector truly needs — connections that close deals, insights that drive decisions and partnerships that power progress. Built for utilities, municipalities, C&I energy users, developers, investors, OEMs and regulators.
Date: 21 May 2026
Location: College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ridge, Accra, Ghana
Description: Join the AGI Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency B2B Expo to connect with industry leaders and explore sustainable energy solutions for your business or organization.
Date: 26 - 29 May 2026
Location: Online
Description: The e-Conference on Storage Solutions is an annual virtual event focusing on advancements and opportunities in solar energy storage across Africa.
The Africa battery storage market has seen remarkable growth in recent years, with annual increases of 3, 10, and 11-fold. In 2025, this expansion continued, driven by falling costs and growing deployment of PV+BESS solutions, making solar increasingly dispatchable and competitive for commercial, industrial, and utility-scale applications. Based on data collected by AFSIA, more than 31.8 GWh of projects are officially under development, and the World Bank estimates that South Africa alone could reach 10-15 GWh of installed BESS by 2030.
Date: 9 - 12 June 2026
Location: Maputo, Mozambique
Description: RENMOZ, the largest renewable energy business conference in Mozambique, returns to Maputo with an edition entirely focused on accelerating business, investment, and on-the-ground projects.
Over four days, the event will feature institutional and business sessions, a multifunctional networking area, site visits, and the sector gala. Strategic documents will also be launched during the conference, including the 5th edition of the Briefing: Renewables in Mozambique and the new National Project Pipeline, which will bring together opportunities in IPP generation, transmission, mini-grids, and commercial and industrial systems.
Date: 16 - 19 June 2026
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Description: The continent’s most strategic investor gathering returns to Cape Town from 16–19 June 2026, with a theme focused on pragmatic, diversified energy solutions to support industrialisation. The Africa Energy Forum (aef) 2026, under Building Africa’s Industrialised Future, reflects the need to power growth for more than 1.5 billion people.
aef 2026 connects energy, critical minerals, infrastructure, finance and technology—driving the shift from ambition to execution and from resources to value creation, as Africa takes a central role in global supply chains and long-term investment.
Date: 8 July 2026
Location: Hennessy Park Hotel, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius
Description: The 4th Edition Mauritius Clean Energy Week 2026 will unite policymakers, the utility, private developers, investors, EPCs, technology companies, and major energy consumers to evaluate current project pipelines and operational lessons from recent solar, battery-storage, and distributed-generation rollouts. Deliberations will focus on active procurement cycles, resilience-driven system design, hotel and industrial decarbonisation pathways, and evolving frameworks affecting financing, grid integration, and sector-coupling across the island energy ecosystem.
Date: 9 - 11 July 2026
Location: Kampala
Description: The 4th Edition of Power & Elec Uganda, the Largest Power, Energy, Electrical, Electronics, Lighting, Solar & Other Renewables focused International Exhibition in Uganda will be taking place from the 9 - 11 July, 2026 at the Multi - Purpose Hall in UMA Show Grounds, Kampala. The exhibition will be the gateway to the East African Business Community in Uganda.
The event will be hosting Power & Elec Professionals, Importers & Exporters, Wholesalers and Decision Makers of the East African Region in Uganda. Exhibitors from around 8+ countries will be participating in this exhibition looking to explore the untapped potential of the East Africa Market in Uganda.
Date: 14 - 15 July 2026
Location: Landmark Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
Description: Solar & Storage Live Nigeria is the region’s solar and energy storage exhibition that celebrates the technologies at the forefront of the transition to a greener, smarter, more decentralised energy system.
The show unites all stakeholders – utilities, IPP’s, financiers, government and regulators that are developing and future-proofing the regions energy sector including large energy users in all industries, energy start-ups and anyone who is looking for innovative solutions to their energy challenges.
Every aspect of our event has been engineered to drive innovation, excellence, and collaboration by combining a high-level multi-track conference together with a major services and supplier-led exhibition.
Date: 29 - 31 July 2026
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Description: Kenya is the foremost exhibition in Kenya and the entire East and Central African region for the Solar industry. The event is the largest and most significant in the region attracting leading companies, experts, professionals and decision makers. The trade exhibition is a key platform for promoting the latest products, technology and equipment for the Solar industry. The expo participants gain special access to the East African market allowing them to experience the domestic needs and tailor their products to the region.
The upcoming edition of the 11th Solar Africa will be held from 29th to 31st July 2026 at the Carnivore Exhibition Grounds in Nairobi, Kenya.
Date: 19 - 21 August 2026
Location: Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Description: The Second Edition of Power & Elec Tanzania International Exhibition, the Largest Upcoming Power, Energy, Electrical, Electronics, Renewable, Solar and Telecommunications International Exhibition in Tanzania will be taking place from the 19 - 21 August, 2026 at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The exhibition will be the gateway to the East African Business Community in Tanzania.
The event will be hosting Power & Elec Professionals, Importers & Exporters, Wholesalers and Decision Makers of the East African Region in Tanzania. Exhibitors from around 6+ countries will be participating in this exhibition looking to explore the untapped potential of the East Africa Market.
Date: 26 - 27 August 2026
Location: The Kenyatta Convention Centre, Nairobi
Description: Solar & Storage Live Kenya is the region’s solar and energy storage exhibition that celebrates the technologies at the forefront of the transition to a greener, smarter, more decentralised energy system.
The show unites all stakeholders – utilities, IPP’s, financiers, government and regulators that are developing and future-proofing the regions energy sector including large energy users in all industries, energy start-ups and anyone who is looking for innovative solutions to their energy challenges.
Every aspect of our event has been engineered to drive innovation, excellence, and collaboration by combining a high-level multi-track conference together with a major services and supplier-led exhibition.
Your free ticket gives you access to the premium conference, the exhibition and networking opportunities with thousands of industry leaders.
Date: 16 - 17 September 2026
Location: Western Cape, South Africa
Description: The high energy density of Lithium-ion battery systems stands as a cornerstone in contemporary portable and stationary electrical energy storage. This paradigm shift demands a fresh set of skills and a multidisciplinary approach in engineering and science, ushering in concepts like thermal runaway and propagating circuit board failures. Balancing these challenges, the safety, reliability, usability, and cost-effectiveness of lithium-ion battery systems emerge as pivotal factors, rendering this technology not only viable but also low-risk.
In South Africa, the adoption of lithium-ion technology is gaining momentum on both residential and commercial fronts. The nation’s proactive stance positions it to lead the charge in advancing this technology throughout the African continent.
Date: 7 - 9 October 2026
Location: Diamond Jubilee Expo Centre, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Description: 10th Solar Tanzania 2026 is a premier international trade exhibition targeting the East African solar market. The event is the only business networking trade fair that is dedicated to promoting products and services in the solar sector. The exhibition offers tremendous opportunities to suppliers worldwide, generating the strongest leads within the solar market in the East African Region.
The upcoming edition of the 10th Solar Tanzania 2026 will be held from 07th to 09th October 2026 at the Diamond Jubilee Expo Centre, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Date: 12 - 16 October 2026
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Description: African Energy Week (AEW) is the premier international platform for driving policy dialogue, dealmaking, and investment on the continent. Over five days of high-level engagement, AEW brings together policymakers, investors, national and international companies, and development institutions from across Africa and the world. This event drives critical conversations on energy investments, market access, and industrial growth, playing a vital role in shaping a unified vision for Africa’s energy future.
Date: 20 - 21 October 2026
Location: Cape Town International Convention Centre
Description: A new era of energy for the Western Cape - building on a 30-year legacy, our show is specifically engineered to place a direct spotlight on the transformative potential of solar energy, advanced battery storage and disruptive market forces that are propelling the energy transition.
A 2-day show driven by world-class content, deep industry expertise and delivering the ideal opportunity for you to nurture the right business partnerships. Solar & Storage Live Cape Town - an industry endorsed opportunity showcasing solar, storage and EV charging technologies at the forefront of renewable energy deployment.
Date: 26 - 27 October 2026
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Description: The Open Source in Energy Access Symposium (OSEAS) is the first global event dedicated to harnessing Open Source technologies to accelerate universal energy access. Co-organized by EnAccess and World Resources Institute (WRI), OSEAS has quickly become a flagship global gathering for open innovation in the energy sector.
Date: 27 - 29 October 2026
Location: Landmark Centre, Lagos
Description: Now in its 13th edition, Nigeria Energy connects the people, technology, and capital powering West Africa's energy sector. Meet decision-makers, discover innovative solutions, and build the partnerships that move projects forward.
Date: 10 - 12 November 2026
Location: Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
Description: Welcome to Powerelec Kenya 2026, the continent’s premier business event for the solar, renewable energy, energy storage, power, EV and electrical industries. As the leading Solar Exhibition in Nairobi, this global platform brings together technology innovators, manufacturers, policymakers, EPC contractors, installers, developers, and investors from more than 40 countries.
Nairobi, KENYA