AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANKAfDB Pre-TICAD 7 Seminar- Energy Sector & Africa Investment Forum The African Development Bank (AfDB) will organise a seminar on energy and investment on 2 August 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
Africa is rich in energy resources with well over 10 terawatts of solar potential, 350 gigawatts of hydroelectric potential, 110 gigawattsof wind potential, and an additional 15 gigawatts of geothermal potential. Africa cannot power its homes and businesses unless it
unlocks this huge renewable energy potential, and combines it with conventional energy to light up and power Africa. In this seminar,
AfDB energy experts will talk about an effort to achieve universal access to energy through the New Deal on Energy for Africa andbusiness & investment opportunities for the private sector on the continent in the energy sector.

Taking this opportunity, AfDB will introduce Africa Investment Forum where project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors will
come together to accelerate Africa’s investment opportunities. Its first forum will be held in Johannesburg in November 2018.

2 August 2018 @ Tokyo

Event Details

Date/TimeThursday, 2 August 2018
13:30-17:30 (Registration will open at 13:00)
Venue
Belle Salle Onarimon Tower 3rd Floor
1-1-1 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo JAPAN

Programme- Presentations: African economy, Investment in Energy Sector,
Energy Partnerships and Africa Investment Forum- Panel Discussion
Contact*No parking space is available. Please use public transportation

Access1 min from Onarimon Sta. exit A3b (Mita line)
6 min from Daimon Sta. exit A6 (Oedo line, Asakusa line)
9 min from Kamiyacho Sta. exit 3 (Hibiya line)
11 min from Hamamatsucho Sta. north exit (JR, Tokyo monorail)
Organiser
African Development Bank
Languages
English & Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation is provided)
Registration
Please make a registration from the website:
https://afdb.resv.jp
FeeFree of charge

African Development Bank
Asia External Representation
Phone: +81-3-4589-8721 (Mr. Endo)African Development BankAfDB Pre-TICAD 7 Seminar - Energy Sector & Africa Investment Forum Thu, 2 August 2018 (13:30-17:30) @ Belle Salle Onarimon Tower, Tokyo
Speakers
Mr. Timo Bollerhey, Division Manager Strategic Private Sector Partnerships, AfDB. Having spent most of his professional and personal career focusing on emerging markets and Africa, Timo has recently joined the energy complex ofthe AfDB to foster the collaboration and co-financing with private and public sector partners. Before he has served assenior advisor to the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), focusing on blended finance approaches and the mobilization of private sector investments towards alternative assets in Africa and Brazil. Between 2011-16 Timo has
been overlooking the client coverage and advisory for African institutional Investors as Director Business Developmentat Allianz Global Investors. Prior to this he was Head of Financial Institutions and Sovereigns Africa &Middle East atRaiffeisen Bank International in Vienna and served as Chief Representative Sub-Sahara Africa for UniCredit Group inJohannesburg.
Mr. Naoshige Kinoshita, a Japanese national, is Chief Investment Officer at Energy Financial Solutions, Policy and Regulation, African Development Bank (AfDB). Since he joined the AfDB in 2011, he has played a leading role in various
project finance deals in the energy, transport, ICT, and water sectors across the continent.
Prior to joining the AfDB, he spent nearly 20 years in Japanese satellite company, energy company as well as trading
firm.
Naoshige holds MBA from University of California, and is expected to obtain MSc from School of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS), University of London. He speaks English, Spanish and French, in addition to his native language, Japanese.
Mrs. Stella Kilonzo is Senior Director, Africa Investment Forum, AfDB. Prior to joining the AfDB in 2013, she held various executive and advisory positions in the financial sector. From 2005 to 2012, she worked at the Capital Markets
Authority of Kenya first as Manager, in the Compliance and Market Operations Department, and later as the Chief
Executive Officer, responsible for developing and regulating the entire securities and capital markets in Kenya whileadvising the Government on capital markets and financial policies. Previously, she worked as Senior Associate, Corporate Finance Advisory Services, at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Kenya between 2004 and 2005, and as Senior Compliance Auditor at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Chicago, in the USA from 2000 to 2004. She started hercareer as an internal Auditor at the GE Capital Subsidiary in Chicago. Stella holds MBA in Corporate Finance from theLoyola University Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA. She is also a USCPA.
Mr. Tadashi Yokoyama is Head, Asia External Representation, AfDB. He joined the AfDB and assumed his current position in July 2015. He started his career as an official of the Ministry of Finance of Japan in 1988. He worked with theFinancial Services Agency for eight years and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for five years.
He has been engaged in a wide range of international affairs with regard to international organisations and fora, including the IMF, multilateral development banks, GATT (WTO), OECD, APEC, G7/G8, G20 and ASEAN+3 (China, Koreaand Japan). In recent years, he has actively taken assignments in the areas of international taxation policy, Asian financial co-operation including ASEAN+3 and issues related to multilateral development banks. He has been in charge ofJapanese ODA policy in Eastern and South-east Asian countries as well as the Pacific region within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He holds BEcon from the University of Tokyo and MBA from the University of Sydney.