Date & Time: 5 November 2026 at 1 pm SAST
Organizer: Mining Review Africa
Description: This webinar will bring together mining and energy stakeholders to discuss practical solutions for powering Zimbabwe’s mining future and explore the investments, partnerships, and policy frameworks needed to close the energy gap.
Date & Time: 5 November 2026 at 10 am CEST
Organizer: pv magazine
Description: For solar projects around the world, soiling losses add up to billions of dollars every year. Solutions are available in the form of various anti-soiling coatings and cleaning methods, but the cost of implementing these needs to be carefully weighed against the losses caused by soiling – which can be more complex than it sounds.
In this webinar, we’ll discuss the realities of operating PV projects under different soiling conditions, and hear the asset manager’s perspective on performance losses, where they come from and what they cost.
Date & Time: 3 November 2026 at 11 am CET
Organizer: ATA Insights
Description: AI workloads are changing the energy profile of data centers, with increasingly rapid and significant power fluctuations. According to the IEA, this dynamic is making energy storage an increasingly important technology for ensuring a reliable power supply in next-generation data centers.
Date & Time: 29 October 2026 at 11 am CET
Organizer: ATA Insights
Description: Storage has a new ingredient, and it’s the most common thing on the table: salt. In 2026 the sodium battery jumped from the lab bench to the grid — and it isn’t here to knock lithium off its perch, just to claim a seat of its own. The calling card is hard to argue with: a material up to 500 times more abundant, no cobalt, no nickel, cells already brushing cost parity with LFP and on track to get cheaper still in 2027.
Date & Time: 21 October 2026 at 2 pm CAT
Organizer: Go Green Africa
Description: Africa's young entrepreneurs are developing innovative solutions to some of the continent's biggest environmental and economic challenges. But turning a great idea into a viable, scalable business is rarely straightforward.
This interactive dialogue will put three young African founders at the centre of the conversation, sharing the real stories behind their ventures. One founder from Southern Africa, one from East Africa and one from West Africa will take us through their journey from identifying a problem to developing an idea, building a business and creating impact.
Date: 20 October 2026
Organizer: IRENA
Description: Organised by IRENA and the NDC Partnership, this webinar will bring together policymakers, practitioners and development partners from across the Energy Community to exchange experiences on NDC–NECP alignment and implementation. Country perspectives and expert dialogue will explore practical approaches to institutional coordination, data and modelling, implementation arrangements, investment planning and project-pipeline development. The webinar will support peer learning on translating ambitious climate and energy commitments into effective action and mobilising the investment needed for a coherent energy transition.
Date & Time: 15 October 2026 at 1 pm SAST
Organizer: Zimbabwe Mining Week
Description: As Zimbabwe seeks to unlock greater value from its mineral resources through increased production, beneficiation and industrialisation, reliable and affordable energy has become one of the most critical enablers of growth.
Mining remains one of the country's largest energy consumers, yet power shortages, grid constraints and rising operational costs continue to affect productivity, project development and investment decisions.
This webinar brings together mining and energy stakeholders to discuss practical solutions for powering Zimbabwe's mining future, exploring captive power, renewable energy, battery storage and the investment, partnerships and policy frameworks needed to close the energy gap.
It also builds momentum towards Zimbabwe Mining Week 2026 and its pre-conference workshop, Powering Mines.
Date & Time: 14 October 2026 at 2 pm SAST
Organizer: Enlit Africa
Description: This webinar explores practical approaches to structuring bankable transmission investments through two complementary case studies. The discussion will examine the Mozambique Temane Transmission Project as an example of an innovative financing model in an emerging market and compare it with insights from Belgium's Elia, highlighting a European utility perspective. The session will explore the regulatory frameworks, financing strategies and operational excellence required for successful project delivery, while identifying lessons that can be adapted across African markets.
Date & Time: 13, 16 & 20 October at 1 pm SA Time
Organizer: Jaltech
Description: To help businesses, solar developers and energy professionals better understand the financing landscape, Jaltech is hosting a 30-minute webinar.
In this session, Jonty Sacks, Partner at Jaltech, will provide a practical overview of the commercial solar funding market and explain how to identify the most appropriate funding solution.
Date & Time: 12 October 2026 at 10 am CEST
Organizer: pv magazine
Description: Heavy industry and other energy-intensive businesses need reliable, scalable energy systems that can meet growing electricity demand. Join us for this pv magazine Webinar to explore how hybrid inverters and onsite energy storage can help commercial and industrial (C&I) customers build resilient energy systems, optimize space, and scale capacity as their electricity needs grow.
Date: 12 October 2026
Organizer: IRENA
Description: The latest SDG7 progress report shows that the goal of universal access to clean cooking is far from reach, with nearly two billion people still cooking on open fires with traditional cookstoves. Nearly half of this population resides in Africa. The lack of access to clean cooking is a global crisis that undermines food security, health, gender equity and climate goals. Due to the strong interconnections between cooking energy access and several development outcomes, innovative approaches to solving the crisis are needed to concurrently address the inter-connected SDGs.
As part of the Science and Innovation Forum 2026, FAO and IRENA will convene a side-event on “Clean cooking as an energy-smart agrifood system solution to improve food security” with the goal of making the interconnections between SDG7 and SDG2 prominent. The session will combine experiential learning, demonstrations of renewables based modern cooking solutions by two Chefs (FAO Goodwill Ambassadors) and a high-level panel discussion featuring senior staff at FAO and IRENA, representatives from governments, development and research community. A strong focus will be given to the critical importance of accelerating science, evidence and innovations in line with the Forum’s theme.
Date & Time: 7 October 2026 at 11 am CEST
Organizer: pv magazine
Description: Global solar supply chains are being reshaped by trade barriers, industrial policy, regional manufacturing strategies, and volatility in key raw materials. This pv magazine Webinar+ will provide a detailed market analysis of how geopolitical developments are creating regional pricing disparities across the photovoltaic value chain, from polysilicon to modules and critical materials such as soda ash, EVA, and POE.
Date & Time: 8 October 2026 at 11:30 am CEST
Organizer: pv magazine
Description: This pv magazine webinar will explore how tracker design, intelligent stowing, weather forecasting, and real-time data can protect yield, uptime and asset life. It will also examine how larger-format modules are reshaping tracker design, and how robust mechanical engineering and intelligent controls can work together to improve PV plant resilience.
Date & Time: 24 September 2026 at 11 am CEST
Organizer: ATA Insights
Description: Developing a biomethane plant requires balancing technical, commercial, and regulatory considerations. Developers must evaluate infrastructure constraints, identify suitable business models, estimate CAPEX and OPEX, engage with key stakeholders, and anticipate potential project risks before reaching a final investment decision. Addressing these aspects early can significantly reduce delays, improve bankability, and increase the likelihood of successful project delivery.
Date & Time: 17 September 2026 at 2 pm SAST
Organizer: Mining Review Africa
Description: The mining industry continues to evolve as new technologies reshape the way operations are managed, with health and safety remaining a top priority.
Join Mining Review Africa for a webinar which will explore how innovative digital solutions are transforming mine safety by enhancing hazard identification, improving real-time monitoring, and enabling faster, data-driven decision-making.
Industry experts will discuss the role of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), wearable devices, drones, automation, predictive analytics, and remote monitoring systems in creating safer working environments.
This webinar will also examine how these technologies help organisations reduce workplace incidents, improve regulatory compliance, strengthen emergency response capabilities, and foster a proactive safety culture.
Date & Time: 29 September 2026 at 1 pm SAST
Organizer: ESI Africa
Description: This webinar will examine how C&I energy users can align their renewable energy procurement strategies with carbon accounting standards and evolving reporting obligations. It will explore how renewable electricity purchases should be verified, how Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and other environmental attributes support credible Scope 2 reporting, and how organisations can minimise greenwashing risk while strengthening ESG performance.
The discussion will provide practical guidance for translating decarbonisation commitments into defensible compliance strategies that satisfy investors, regulators, customers and international buyers.
Date & Time: 30 September 2026 at 2 pm SAST
Organizer: ESI Africa
Description: Water security is no longer simply an environmental issue, it has become a strategic business risk. Across South Africa, commercial and industrial organisations are facing increasing pressure from ageing municipal infrastructure, climate variability, rising operating costs and growing sustainability expectations.
For businesses that rely on a secure water supply, resilience has become essential to maintaining operations, protecting assets and supporting future growth. Leading organisations are responding by reducing dependence on municipal supply, improving water efficiency, investing in reuse and recycling, and adopting smarter approaches to water management.
Join Water Security Africa for an executive discussion with industry leaders who are actively transforming the way their organisations manage water.
Date & Time: 8 September 2026 at 2 pm CEST
Organizer: IRENA
Description: Solar and wind are now the cheapest sources of new electricity in most of the world. As their share of generation grows, the decisive question is no longer the cost of producing clean electricity, but the cost of delivering it when it is needed - including around the clock.
IRENA's new report, 24/7 Renewables: The Economics of Firm Solar and Wind, examines what it costs to turn variable solar and wind output into a continuous, dependable supply. It introduces the firm levelised cost of electricity (firm LCOE): a transparent, project-level benchmark that adds the cost of battery storage, generation overbuild and complementary renewables to the conventional LCOE. Applying this metric across leading markets, the analysis finds that co-located solar, wind and battery systems at high-quality sites can already deliver round-the-clock electricity at USD 54-82 per MWh - at or below the cost of new coal- and gas-fired generation - with costs projected to fall by a further 30% by 2030.
The report also explains what drives these costs: resource quality and the depth of prolonged low-generation periods, technology and financing costs, system configuration, and the level of reliability targeted. It shows why combining solar and wind is usually cheaper than firming either technology alone, and why costs rise sharply beyond roughly 90% reliability. Beyond cost, it considers the speed of deployment, resilience and hedging value of hybrid renewable systems - and the market and policy reforms needed for these economics to translate into projects on the ground.
This webinar will present the report's key findings and discuss what they mean for utilities, investors, industrial buyers and policy makers.
Date & Time: 16 September 2026 at 2 pm CEST
Organizer: IRENA
Description: The first webinar in the “Renewable Solutions for Vulnerable Communities” series, organised by the IRENA Coalition for Action will explore how decentralised renewables can expand reliable energy access in fragile and conflict affected areas. With nearly one billion people living in these contexts and facing disproportionate energy access challenges, the webinar will explore how innovative financing mechanisms and decentralised, locally available renewable solutions can help overcome financing challenges, maintain essential services and strengthen resilience.
Date: 8 September 2026
Organizer: AFSIA
Description: This session will explore Sungrow’s BESS technology and solutions for C&I customers across East Africa, by demystifying BESS economics and technical fit for businesses facing unreliable grid supply and rising diesel and tariff costs.
Nairobi, KENYA