30/06/2026
Last week in Lusaka, the people who determine whether energy projects move began working from the same reality.
EILF — Zambia 2026 was not convened to add another conference to the calendar.
It was built around a harder question:
What has to align for energy projects to move from licensed capacity, policy intent and market interest into bankable, finance-ready and executable infrastructure?
For two days at the Government Complex, that question brought together voices from across the delivery chain: public leadership, regulators, utilities, developers, capital providers, DFIs, insurers, advisers, engineers, EPCs, off-takers and implementation professionals.
The conversation moved beneath the headlines.
Licensed capacity still has to become bankable.
Prepared projects still have to meet credible capital.
Offtake has to be workable.
Regulation has to be understood early.
Engineering and ex*****on standards have to hold.
Institutions have to work from the same reality.
That is where delivery begins.
For those in the room, EILF — Zambia 2026 offered an early view of the coordination layer Zambia’s energy infrastructure market now requires: not ambition alone, but disciplined alignment around what can actually be financed, built, connected and operated.
The Forum has closed. The platform has not.
Mondi Capital will now carry forward the outcomes process, project-readiness conversations, stakeholder follow-through and ex*****on-focused engagements emerging from EILF — Zambia 2026.
For those who build, finance, regulate, insure, advise, procure or depend on energy infrastructure in Zambia, this is the conversation to follow.
Convened by Mondi Capital, in institutional partnership with the Ministry of Energy.
With appreciation to the contributors, professionals and institutions featured in this first visual recap:
Mzondiwe Mwanza, Dr Celia Tusiime, Eng Dr. Chilala Kakoma Bowa, Eng. Dr. Lusungu Ndovi (PhD, MSc Eng, MBA, BEng, FEIZ), Eng. Clement Siame, Paison Chikoye, Sarah Muyuni, Chavunga Lungu, Ranya Sherif, Dr James Wakiaga, Eng. Chibale Phiri, Grace M., of Energy Zambia, the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ), Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants [ZICA], Zambia Renewable Energy Association - ZARENA
UNDP Zambia, SMART Zambia - E-Goverment Division Ministry of Health of Zambia, Kiyona Energy Limited, Straeffect Advisory Solutions, Mondi Capital, MyScape Hub, Media, Greenarch Energy, Mhasher Ventures, LendingScape Limited, Black Frame Ventures, Mhasher Renewable Energy, , Zambia Congo Consolidate Mining (ZCCM), Professional Insurance Corporation Zambia Limited, MetaCloud Technologies
Further acknowledgements from the Day Two working sessions will follow as the official images are released.
