Achieving Vision 2030: Investing in Innovation for Kenya’s Energy Future

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is pleased to organise the half-day event Vision 2030: Investing in Innovation for Kenya’s Energy Future, co-hosted with the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, on 14 April 2025 in Nairobi. The event will convene stakeholders from government, private sector, civil society, academia and IEA member countries to take part in two roundtable discussions around Kenya’s energy sector. 

The two roundtable discussions will address key priorities within Kenya's evolving energy landscape and is a recognition of the important collaboration between Kenya and the IEA and to build on the momentum of the Kenya Energy Policy Review 2024.

The first roundtable discussion, Financing Clean Energy: Unlocking Investment for Universal Electricity Access in Kenya by 2030, will focus on financing access to electricity through decentralised solutions. It will explore how fiscal policies and regulatory frameworks governing the energy sector could be designed to enhance commercial business models, affordable energy solutions and demand stimulation. The discussion will be moderated by IEA Africa Programme Manager Syrine El Abed. 

The second roundtable discussion, The Role of Innovation in Achieving Kenya’s Energy Targets, will discuss how innovation is central to Kenya’s energy objectives, with the potential to drive green industrialisation and economic growth, and create jobs, including for youth. The roundtable will be opened by Ms. Mary Burce Warlick, IEA Deputy Executive Director, and Mr. Joseph Marabula, CEO of Kenya Climate Innovation Centre (KCIC), who will launch the case study on off-grid solar PV and geothermal in Kenya from the IEA’s report Clean Energy innovation Policies in Emerging and Developing Economies, developed in collaboration between the IEA and KCIC.