African Development Bank / World Bank Group Learning Event

Light up and Power Africa: the Way Forward

Lessons from Independent Evaluation

Abidjan

Thursday December 10, 2015

8:30 – 12:30

Introduction

President Adesina has underscored the need to LIGHT UP AND POWER AFRICA, making the

energy/electricity challenge in Africa one of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) top five

priorities. This is not surprising since of the 1.1 billion people around the world who lack

access, almost 600 million are in Sub-Saharan Africa. At current rates of population growth

and electrification, this number is likely to increase to 935 million by the year 20301.

The World Bank Group (WBG) has also committed to achieving universal access to electricity

by 2030 under the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Initiative. Both institutions are determined

to address the energy challenge in Africa.

The AfDB President has undertaken to take bold steps, think differently and act with a

greater sense of urgency to unlock Africa’s energy potential to support Africa’s economic

growth and development. One of such bold steps has led to the New Energy Deal for Africa,

which aims to extend electricity to the entire continent by 2025.

The AfDB and the WBG have been involved in the energy sector for some time. What have

we learned from experience that will inform this determination to address the energy

challenge in Africa? What can we learn from the experiences and good practices of

partners to inform the way forward and ensure that we light up and power Africa by 2025?

Learning from experience will help expedite achieving the energy objectives for all.

Key Objectives

Share evaluation results, especially lessons, with key stakeholders;

Contribute to learning and strengthen thinking about the way forward ;

Increase awareness of evaluations of energy sector work;

Exchange knowledge with partners and learn from each other;

Contribute to the global body of evaluation and development knowledge,

especially in the energy sector.

1 https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/blog/electricity-access-challenge

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Event Format

The moderated event is proposed for December 10, 2015; from 9 am to 1 PM. It will comprise

three parts:

An opening session that will feature Introductory remarks from the African Development

Bank and the World Bank.

Presentation of the results of independent evaluations conducted by World Bank and

AfDB independent evaluators.

These evaluators will share findings on what works, what does not work, and why,

focusing on the action areas of the New Energy Deal for Africa. They will also discuss the

evaluation recommendations.

Response to evaluation results

Representatives from the World Bank and AfDB as well as from a select number of

African countries and private sector operators will react to the evaluation results.

The Way Forward

A cross section of experts (including AfDB and World Bank experts, private sector

operators and beneficiary countries) will discuss the way forward around the New Deal

Action areas2 keeping in mind lessons from experience. They will field questions from

participants, who are also expected to share their experiences and challenges.

Target Audience

This knowledge sharing event is a learning opportunity for AfDB staff and management as

well as for regional development partners, public and private sector stakeholders, and

beneficiaries interested in the energy sector. The target audience includes the following:

Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC)

AfDB Executive Directors, VPs, Directors, AfDB Field Offices

IEG, World Bank Energy and Extractives GP, and World Bank Group Africa Region VPU

Expected attendees / panelists from the World Bank Group:

Pierre Frank Laporte, Country Director

Meike van Ginneken, Energy Practice Manager for West and Central Africa

Marvin Taylor-Dormond, Director, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)

Varadarajan Atur, Lead Evaluation Officer, IEG

Aurora Medina Siy, Senior Evaluation Officer, IEG

Richard Arkutu, Manager, Africa Special Initiative for Infrastructure, International

Finance Corporation (IFC)

Expected attendees/panelists from the African Development Bank Group:

AfDB Staff and Senior Management

AfDB Regional Member Countries

2 These areas are the Policy and regulatory environment; Bankable projects; Mobilizing financing; on and off-grid solutions + Access for low-income households; Energy mix for Africa (conventional and renewables); Energy for cooking; Strengthening and transforming utilities.

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Expected Outcomes

The AfDB’s New Deal on Energy aims to extend electricity to the entire continent by 2025 by

focusing on clearly identified action areas.

To achieve universal access to electricity by 2030, the World Bank evaluation calls upon

development organizations to work innovatively with country clients and partner; putting

them in the driver’s seat by adopting a new and transformative strategy to help them

orchestrate national, sustained, sector-level engagement for universal access.

Expected outcomes include the top five to ten actions that will contribute to lighting up and

powering Africa by 2025 under each scenario and top five to ten ways in which both

organizations can improve their partnership to achieve common objectives in the sector.

The event is free and open to all, but pre-registration is required. To register, write to

idevhelpdesk@afdB.org or to Mireille Cobinah: m.cobinah-ebrottie@afdb.org, +225 20 265889

http://idev.afdb.org/en/news/high-level-event-discuss-ways-address-africa%E2%80%99s-energy-

challenges

About the Evaluations

AfDB: Independent Evaluation of Bank Assistance in the Energy Sector

The energy sector is a core priority for the AfDB, which committed about UA 7.9 billion

over the last 14 years to the sector, the third largest share in the Bank’s overall

portfolio. Indeed, the energy portfolio increased by more than twentyfold from 2000

to 2013. But how is the Bank’s performance in the sector? Is the Bank achieving its

objectives in the sector?

This evaluation was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of the Bank’s

interventions—in order to inform and optimize its future strategic and operational

directions. It poses such questions as: Is it still relevant to invest in large-scale

hydropower projects? Does Africa still have to rely on fossil fuel energy sources? The

evaluation also draws pertinent lessons by identifying emerging trends and assessing

how the Bank has responded to these trends. It underscores the need for innovation

drawing on evidence from some of the Bank’s innovative energy projects. The

evaluation will be completed in early 2016.

Evaluation of the AfDB Assistance in the Energy Sector - Approach Paper

The World Bank Group provided $63.5 billion to the electricity sector during FY00–14,

about 9 percent of all WBG commitments. The World Bank Group support to

electricity access evaluation examined the institution’s performance and

preparedness to put its country clients on track to achieve universal access to

electricity. It finds that the associated development outcomes were favorable

overall, but that low access countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, were not

particularly well served. It recommends that the World Bank should engage

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decisively and focus intensively on countries with low electricity access; Move from a

predominantly project-by-project approach—which lacks the requisite scale and

speed – to a far greater use of a sector-wide organizing framework and process for

implementing rapid access scale-up; and Design an investment financing platform

led by government to crowd-in necessary financial resources from both public and

private sources.

o World Bank Group Support to Electricity Access, FY2000-2014: An Independent

Evaluation

o Blog: The Electricity Access Challenge - Starkly Centered in Sub-Saharan

Africa

About Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the AfDB

Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the AfDB aims to enhance the

development effectiveness of the Bank’s operations in its regional member countries

through independent and instrumental evaluations. IDEV carries out independent

evaluations of Bank operations, policies and strategies, working across projects, sectors,

themes, regions, and countries. In addition, IDEV oversees the self-evaluation of projects

conducted by operations departments.

About Independent Evaluation (IEG) at the World Bank

The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluates the activities of the International

Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development

Association (the World Bank), the work of International Finance Corporation (IFC) in

private sector development, and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency's (MIGA)

guarantee projects and services. Its goals in conducting these evaluations are to provide

an objective assessment of the results of the Bank Group’s work and to identify and

disseminate lessons learned from experience.

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December 10, 2015

CCIA Building Auditorium

8:30 – 9:00: Coffee, Ask an Evaluator

9:00 – 9:30: Opening Session

Welcome: Rakesh Nangia, AfDB Evaluator General

Opening Remarks: Timothy Turner, Chief Risk Officer, African Development Bank

Introductory Remarks: Pierre Laporte, Country Director, World Bank

9:30 – 10:00: Evaluation Results - Presentations: What Works, What Doesn’t Work – and Why?

Chair: Marvin Taylor-Dormond, Director, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), World

Bank Group

World Bank, Independent Evaluation Group

IEG, Varadarajan Atur, Lead Evaluation Officer

African Development Bank

Victoria Chisala, Manager, Quality Assurance and Results Department

Samer Hachem, Manager, Independent Development Evaluation

Hajime Onishi, Principal Evaluation Officer, Independent Development

Evaluation

Chair’s Remarks

10:00 – 11:00: Panel 1: The Energy Challenge, Sector Actors, and Evaluation Results: In Search of

Meaning

Chair: Ronald Meyer, Executive Director, CODE Chair, African Development Bank

Leke Ogunlewe, CEO, Standard Chartered Securities (Nigeria)/ Managing

Director, Corporate Finance, West Africa

World Bank: Meike van Ginneken, Energy Practice Manager for West and

Central Africa

AfDB: Kodeidja Diallo, Director, Private Sector, African Development Bank

Representative from Ministry of Energy, Cote d’Ivoire

11:00 – 12:00: Panel II: The Energy Challenge and Solutions for the Way Forward

Chair: Bright Okogu, Executive Director, African Development Bank

Kenya: Eddy Njoroge, Chairman, Nairobi Securities Exchange

International Finance Corporation: Richard Arkutu, Manager, Africa Special

Initiative for Infrastructure

Africa Finance Corporation: Batchi Baldeh, Senior Vice President, Power

Mathieu B. Mandeng, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank, Mauritius

AfDB: Daniel Schroth, SE4All Africa Hub Coordinator

12:00 – 12:30: Closing Remarks:

Alex Rugamba, Director, Director, Energy, Environment and Climate Change

Department, African Development Bank

Marvin Taylor-Dormond, Director, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), World

Bank Group

Rakesh Nangia, AfDB Evaluator General, African Development Bank

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Speakers and Panelists

Figure Rakesh Nangia Evaluator-General, AfDB

Rakesh Nangia is the Evaluator-General, Independent Development

Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank’s

Rakesh joined the African Development Bank in 2012, bringing with him

more than 25 years’ experience in development work.

Prior to joining AfDB, Rakesh was the Director of Strategy and Operations

for the Human Development Network at the World Bank. He also served

as Acting Vice President for the World Bank Institute (2007-2009);

Manager, Portfolio and Country Operations, in Vietnam (2001-2006); and

Lead Operations Officer in Tanzania (1998-2001).

Rakesh attended the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi and Harvard

University and holds degrees in Business Administration and Engineering.

Timothy Turner, Chief Risk Officer, AfDB

Timothy Turner is the Group Chief Risk Officer at the African Development

Bank.

Prior to his current role, Tim was Director, Private Sector Department at the

AfDB, and before that he served as Director of the AfDB’s Financial

Management Department.

A Canadian national, Tim joined the AfDB in 1996 as the inaugural head

of Risk Management. Previously, he worked for Smith Barney, an

American Investment Banking firm, in both London and New York. He

holds an engineering degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA

from IMD in Switzerland.

Pierre Laporte, Country Director, World Bank

Pierre Laporte is the Country Director for Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Burkina

Faso, Guinea, and Togo based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. A Seychelles

national, he has held various positions in international finance, the

most recent being Minister for Finance, Trade and Investment for the

Republic of Seychelles.

Pierre, an experienced economist, has previously served as Governor

of the Central Bank of Seychelles, and as the International Monetary

Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Niger from 2005 to 2008.

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Moderators and Panelists

Marvin Taylor-Dormond, Director, IEG, World Bank

Marvin Taylor-Dormond is the Director, Private Sector & Sustainable

Development at the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), a unit within

that assesses the operational performance of the World Bank Group.

Marvin joined IEG after a successful career in the Central American

Bank of Economic Integration in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where he

held positions such as Controller (Independent Oversight and

Evaluation Authority), Executive Vice President and most recently Chief

Economist and Chief Evaluation. Marvin also served as Vice-Minister of

Finance for the Republic of Costa Rica, his native country.

He holds a PhD in Economics from Carleton University and Ottawa

University in Canada, an MA in International Affairs from the Norman

Paterson School of International Affairs in Canada, and a Lic. and a BA

in Economics from the University of Costa Rica.

Varadarajan Atur, Lead Evaluation Officer, IEG, World Bank Group

Victoria Chisala, Manager, Quality Assurance and Results Department, AfDB

Varadarajan Atur is Lead Evaluation Officer at the World Bank Group’s

Independent Evaluation Group.

He was the task team lead for IEG’s recent evaluation - World Bank

Group Support to Electricity Access, FY2000-2014: An Independent

Evaluation.

Varadarajan brings over 20 years of operational experience to IEG.

Before his current role, he worked in the World Bank’s Energy practice

in various technical roles. As a Program Coordinator and Lead Energy

Specialist, he led several World Bank electricity projects, spanning a

number of countries including Botswana, Ethiopia, Serbia, Kosovo,

Montenegro and Moldova.

Victoria Chisala is a Manager in the Quality Assurance and Results

Department. Her previous experience includes teaching at the School

of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and working in the Zambian

government. She has undertaken research work for the EU, UNDP,

UNCTAD and the Netherlands government. Her area of interest is Sub-

Saharan Africa.

Victoria holds a PhD in Development Studies from SOAS, University of

London; and an M.Phil. in Development Studies from Cambridge.

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Samer Hachem, Manager, Independent Evaluation Department, AfDB

Samer Hachem joined Independent Development Evaluation at the

AfDB in 2013 after more than 15 years of experience in monitoring and

evaluation. He started his career in management consulting, focusing

on the financial services sector, and leading monitoring and

evaluation in large scale change management programs. He

contributed to the roll out of new results focused management policies

and systems in the UNDP.

Samer holds an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale Paris (France)

and an MBA from HEC Montreal (Canada).

Hajime Onishi, Principal Evaluation Officer, IDEV, AfDB

Hajime Onishi joined the Independent Development Evaluation

Department of the African Development Bank in 2012 as a Principal

Evaluation Officer.

Before joining the Bank, he worked for 5 years for Mitsubishi UFJ

Research & Consulting Co, Ltd., a private think-tank based in Tokyo,

serving as a Chief Consultant of the Department of International

Studies.

Mr. Hajime Onishi holds a Masters in Civil Engineering (in 1997),

Construction Economics and Management (in 2001), and

Development Administration and Planning (in 2002).

Panelists (Session I)

Ronald Meyer is an Executive Director representing Germany,

Switzerland and Portugal. Prior to joining the AfDB he worked at the

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in

Germany, where he occupied various high level positions including,

Head of Division Bilateral Cooperation Policy: Policy Coherence for

Development and ODA; Head of Division Policies and Quality

Assurance in Cooperation with Countries and Regions; Co-chair with

South Africa of the Cluster on transparent and responsible aid; Deputy

Head of Division African Regional Programmes (AU, RECs/SADC, AfDB,

NEPAD, PAP, APRM, regional and panafrican programmes financed

from bilateral cooperation); Head of Development Cooperation,

Deputy Head of Division Supraregional Coordination and Planning of

bilateral cooperation, quality assurance; and Deputy Programme

Manager West and North Africa Department.

Ronald Meyer, Executive Director, AfDB

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Kodeidja Diallo Director, Private Sector, African Development Bank

Mrs. Kodeidja Diallo is currently the Director of Private Sector

Operations at the African Development Bank.

Previously, she was the Head of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB)’s

Group Risk Management. Prior to that, she was the Director of

Finance and Risk Management Department for 5 years and Director

of Budget and Strategy of the African Development Bank Group

(AfDB).

Kodeidja Diallo holds a PhD in Irrigation & Hydraulic System Design

and Optimisation, Water Management from the University of Louvain,

Belgium. She also obtained an M.B.A in Auditing and Internal Control

from Leuven, Financial and Commercial Engineering degrees in HEC.

Leke Ogunlewe, CEO, Standard Chartered Securities (Nigeria)/ MD, Corporate Finance, West Africa

Leke Ogunlewe is the CEO, Standard Chartered Securities (Nigeria)

Limited and Managing Director, Corporate Finance, West Africa.

He is responsible for coordinating the activities of the various sub-

divisions under Corporate Finance for West Africa and Capital

Markets, Nigeria. He maintains, reinforces and broadens the bank's

focus in the Corporate Finance and Capital Markets business

Leke has over 30 years’ experience covering Banking Operations,

Corporate & Investment Banking, Energy Banking, Capital Markets,

Project Finance as well as Financial Advisory Services.

He is an alumnus of the University of Ibadan, University of Lagos and

INSEAD. He joined the Bank in 2012.

Meike van Ginneken, Practice Manager, Energy in West and Central Africa for the World Bank

Meike van Ginneken is Practice Manager, Energy, in West and

Central Africa for the World Bank. She leads a team dedicated to

improving access and quality of energy services in 26 countries.

Prior to joining the World Bank in 2002, van Ginneken began her

career with Doctors Without Borders building water and sanitation

facilities for refugee and disaster victims in Bangladesh, El Salvador,

Sudan and Tanzania. She has also spent time working for the Global

Water Partnership in Sweden on Integrated Water Resources

Management. Since joining the World Bank, van Ginneken has

worked on water, energy and urban development at the bank's

headquarters, and in the Central African Republic and Cameroon,

during which time she served as project leader for the 30-MW Lom

Pangar project.

Van Ginneken holds a Master of Science in Water Management,

Environmental, and Sanitary Engineering from the School of Civil

Engineering, Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and an

Executive Masters in Consulting and Coaching for Change from HEC

Paris and the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

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Panelists (Session II)

Bright Okogu, Executive Director for Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe, AfDB

Bright Okogu is the Executive Director, African Development Bank

(AfDB) for Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe. He was previously

the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Nigeria. He

has held senior roles at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting

Countries (OPEC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Previously, he was a lecturer in Economics at the University of Jos,

Nigeria. He holds a BSc and MSc from the London School of

Economics as well as a PhD from Oxford University in the UK.

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Eddy Njoroge is an experienced businessman with rounded

experience in the corporate and financial sector. He is the former

CEO of Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), where

he spearheaded the transformation of the company from a

parastatal to a publicly listed company with a greater commercial

and sustainability orientation. From 2008 to 2012, he was the

President of the Union of Producers and Distributors of Electric

Power in Africa, giving him a unique overview and perspective of

Africa’s Power sector.

He currently serves as Chairman of Telkom Kenya and of the

Nairobi Securities Exchange and is a board member of CfC Stanbic

Bank, Britam Insurance Ltd and Proctor & Allan among other

companies. He is also the Chairman of the Investment Committee

of Aureos East Africa Fund and a Member of the Investment

Committee of the Africa Renewable Energy Fund. He was recently

appointed to the board of Globeleq- a Pan- African power

company.

He is the recipient of several awards honouring his contribution to

industry development, including the Ordre National du Mérite from

the President of France, and a Life-time Award in recognition of his

contribution to the transformation of the energy sector in Africa. He

has a BSc. (Hons) degree in Chemistry/Biochemistry from Makerere

University.

Eddy Njoroge, Chairman, Telkom Kenya and Nairobi Securities Exchange

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Batchi Baldeh, Director & Head – Power, Investments Division

Batchi joined the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) in 2008 and is

currently Director & Head – Power, Investments Division. He has

been the power lead on several innovative projects across Africa;

including assets under the complex Nigeria Power Privatisation

program, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s $2 Billion Power & Aviation

Intervention Fund, and the ongoing development of an 80 MW IPP

in Rwanda and two 450 MW IPPs with the West African Power Pool

(WAPP). He is Chairman of the Boards of Cabeolica S.A (a 26 MW

wind IPP in Cape Verde) and Cenpower Operations & Services

Limited (a Joint Venture with Sumitomo Corporation of Japan,

which will provide O&M Services to a 350 MW IPP under

construction in Ghana).

Batchi has over 29 years’ experience and has been a consultant to

the World Bank, European Union (BizClim) and Government of

Lesotho. He was the Managing Director of Gambia’s National

Water and Electricity Company.

He has a BSc honors’ degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

and an MBA from Boston University, USA.

Mathieu Mandeng, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank (Mauritius) Ltd

Mathieu Mandeng is the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank

Mauritius. Prior to his appointment, he was CEO of Standard

Chartered Bank Cameroon, where he was engaged at various

levels of the economy, holding key industry positions amongst

which Chairman of the Cameroon’s Banker’s Association and

Member of the Prime Minister’s Investment Council. He is currently

the coordinator of the Singapore Business Federation, promoting

the trade and investment corridors between Singapore and West

Africa.

Prior to his fifteen years’ experience in banking, Mathieu worked for

10 years in the mining and metal industry in France in various

capacities. He holds an MSC in Finance and Management Control

from the University of Orleans and an MBA in Enterprise

Management from the University of Bordeaux (France), and is an

alumnus of the Said Business School of Oxford UK.

Richard Arkutu Manager, Africa Special Initiative for Infrastructure, IFC

Richard Arkutu manages the Africa Special Initiative for

Infrastructure at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He is

currently based in Accra, Ghana. He has responsibility for medium

to long term business development efforts for IFC’s infrastructure

business, including building partnerships with key stakeholders, and

supporting transformational engagements and projects.

Prior to this, Richard was a Principal Investment Officer in the

Infrastructure and Natural Resources Department at IFC. His

background includes working for the corporate finance divisions of

Ashanti Goldfields Mining Company in the late nineties, and Citi, in

a number of locations including Nairobi, Johannesburg and Lagos.

Richard holds an MBA (Finance) from McGill University and a

Bachelor of Arts (Business Economics) from Versalius College.

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Daniel Schroth, SE4All Africa Hub Coordinator,

Alex Rugamba, Director, Energy and Climate Change Department, AfDB

Daniel Schroth is a Principal Energy Specialist in the Energy,

Environment and Climate Change Department of the African

Development Bank (AfDB) and the coordinator of the Sustainable

Energy for All (SE4All) Africa Hub hosted by the AfDB in partnership

with the AU, NEPAD and UNDP. Daniel has extensive experience in

energy policy.

Prior to joining the AfDB, he worked for several years for the

European Commission in both headquarters and the field, for the

natural resources team of the European Bank for Reconstruction

and Development (EBRD) in London and in the private sector.

Daniel holds a PhD and Masters in International Relations with a

focus on international energy policy from the University of

Cambridge, and business degrees from Reim Management School

and the European School of Business (ESB) Reutlingen.

Alex Rugamba is Director, AfDB Energy and Climate Change

Department. He has worked in the infrastructure sector for over 20

years. His main area of interest is infrastructure development

planning, with a special focus on projects that promote regional

integration. Previous positions held at the Bank include Coordinator

of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA), Sector Manager

for Transport in West and Central Africa, and Resident

Representative in Mozambique. He holds a BSc in Civil Engineering

from Makerere University and a master’s degree in Highway

Engineering from the University of Birmingham in the UK.