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Powering Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy for Investment and Trade Competitiveness — the Megawatt Africa conference programme

The conference

The Megawatt Africa conference runs across the three days of the show, under the theme:

“Powering Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy for Investment and Trade Competitiveness.”

It brings together utilities, regulators, independent power producers, financiers, equipment manufacturers and government to work through what it takes to build generating capacity and the grid that carries it — in Ghana and across the region.

The programme is organised around the questions the market is actually working on:

  • Generation and the mix: utility-scale solar, wind, gas and hydro, and how storage changes what is dispatchable.
  • The grid: transmission, distribution, metering and the losses that decide whether new capacity reaches customers.
  • Finance and policy: how projects are structured, banked and permitted, and what the regulatory framework rewards.
  • Industry and trade: local content, manufacturing and the supply chain that keeps equipment maintained.

Session times, tracks, halls and confirmed speakers are maintained in the programme below and updated as they are confirmed.

Conference programme

Conference programme, 6-8 July 2027.

2026 edition programme. These sessions are from the 2026 edition; the 2027 programme will be published here when it is confirmed. Times, speakers and rooms may change.

09:00AM

REGISTRATION & NETWORKING

The Palms Convention Center, Accra, Ghana

Theme: Powering Ghana's 24-Hour Economy: Integrating Infrastructure, Electric Mobility, and Sustainable Real Estate for Investment and Trade Competitiveness

10:00AM

OPENING CEREMONY

7th July

10:00–10:05 Welcome Address Nana Opare Kwafo I Chairman – Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry (GhCCI), Host Chairman 10:05–10:15 Sponsor's Presentation Mukesh Thakwani CEO, B5 Plus Limited 10:15–10:20 Keynote Speech – Purpose of GITW 2026 Zahoor Ahmed Vice President – Strategy & Partnerships, MIE GROUP 10:20–10:25 Keynote Speech David Wang Chairman, MIE GROUP 10:25–10:35 Keynote Speech Dr. Mary Awusi CEO – Ghana Free Zones Authority 10:35–10:45 Keynote Speech Hon. Augustus Goosie Tanoh (Esq.) Presidential Advisor on the 24hr Economy 10:45–10:55 Keynote Speech Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare Minister for Trade, Agribusiness & Industry and M.P. for Techiman North Constituency 10:55–11:05 Keynote Speech King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II Ga Mantse, Conference Chairperson 11:05–11:25 Special Guest of Honour Address H. E. Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang Vice President of the Republic of Ghana

11:25AM

Exhibition Tour

The Palms Convention Center
12:00PM

CHINA-GHANA EMERGING INDUSTRIES TRADE & INVESTMENT MATCHMAKING CONFERENCE

MAIN STAGE Powering Ghana's 24-Hour Economy: Integrating Infrastructure, Electric Mobility, and Sustainable Real Estate for Investment and Trade Competitiveness.

12:00–12:05 Opening RemarksGhana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) 12:05–12:10 Opening RemarksMinistry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China 14:30–17:00 (Breakout Room) One-on-One Trade Negotiation SessionGhana & Chinese Companies

12:10PM

Panel Discussion 1 — Infrastructure Delivery for a 24-Hour Economy: Financing, PPP Models, and Policy Alignment

7th July

Focus: Bankability, Infrastructure Bonds, Blended Finance Keynote Speaker: Prof. Festus Ebo Turkson — Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ghana Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Appiah Donkor Hyiaman — Senior Lecturer, Department of Land Economy, KNUST Panelists: Mr. John Awuah — Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Association of Banks Charles Wilfred Ababiedier — Senior Investment Officer, IFC Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIF) Rev. Adeola Olusodo — Managing Director/CEO, Lekki Worldwide Investments Limited Emmanuel Jeffrey — CEO, Real Estate Agency Council

01:00PM

Panel Discussion 2 — Powering the 24-Hour Economy: Energy Systems, Grid Stability, and Renewable Integration

7th July

Focus Night-time Energy Demand, Solar + Storage, EV Grid Impact Keynote Speaker Dr. David Ofosu Dortey (Esq.) — Executive Chairman, AB & David Law Moderator Ing. Charles Kwashie Dzikunu — Electrical Engineer / Senior Consultant Panelists Engr. Dr. Miriam Eduful — President, Ghana Institution of Safety and Environmental Professionals (GhISEP) Alhaji Mohammed Sakib Awol — President, Ghana Electrical Contractors Association Sylvia Owusu-Ankomah — CEO, Ghana Chambers of Telecommunications Energy Commission Chinedu Nwabunike Okoli — Chairman, Ben Energy & Technology Services Limited NDPC (National Development Planning Commission)

02:00PM

Networking Lunch

7th July
02:45PM

Keynote Session — The Hidden Cost of Cement: Why West Africa's Real Estate Future is Built on Earth, Not Concrete

7th July

Speaker: Dawn Dickson — CEO, DI Consulting

03:15PM

Keynote Presentation

7th July Speaker: Zidan Abdallah Zidan — CEO, ZM GROUP
03:30PM

Keynote Session

7th July

Speaker: Rev. Adeola Olusodo — Managing Director/CEO, Lekki Worldwide Investments Limited

03:40PM

Panel Discussion 3 — Meeting Real Demand: Delivering Affordable and Investable Developments for West Africa's Growing Cities (APEX – Africa's Property Exhibition)

7th July

Moderator Adetoun Ototopa — Founder and CEO, Solid Foundation Group Panelists Rev. Adeola Olusodo — Managing Director/CEO, Lekki Worldwide Investments Limited Prince Adedapo Oluwaseyi Adelgan — President & CEO, PR Africa; Chairman, Celtorn Group Akin Opata — Director of Origination and Brokerage, Olawole Jordan Company

04:10PM

Networking Reception & Wrap-Up of Day 1

7th July

Investment Matchmaking Diplomatic & Investor Engagement

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