The fifth edition of the Invest in African Energy (IAE) 2027 Forum will take place in Paris from 11–13 May, focusing on investment, capital mobilisation, and deal-making across the full energy value chain, according to organisers.
The event will bring together governments, national oil companies, operators, and institutional capital to originate, structure, and finance energy projects across Africa. The Invest in African Energy 2027 edition follows the 2026 forum, which attracted more than 300 companies from over 50 countries and facilitated three major upstream deal signings across frontier African markets.
IAE 2027 expands its investment offering against a backdrop of rising upstream discoveries, infrastructure needs, and power demand alongside fragmented capital flows. The Invest in African Energy forum is designed to bridge that gap by convening ministries, development finance institutions, export credit agencies, sovereign wealth funds, infrastructure investors, private equity, and commercial lenders in curated deal environments focused on execution.
The Invest in African Energy 2027 edition will be anchored by a dedicated G2B Investment Origination Day, where governments and national oil companies present structured opportunities including licensing rounds, upstream farm-ins, and national energy pipelines. A Transaction Suite will serve as a curated deal room where sovereigns and operators present assets directly to qualified investors, while Investor Circles will bring together development finance institutions, sovereign wealth funds, and commercial banks to focus on capital structuring, blended finance, and risk mitigation tools required to unlock investment at scale.
A flagship Ministerial Capital Roundtable will convene African energy ministers and regional organisations to address fiscal frameworks, regulatory stability, and investment conditions required to mobilise capital at scale. Alongside this, a CapEx Pipeline Forum, supported by development finance institutions and export credit agencies, will focus on financing LNG developments, pipelines, power systems, and cross-border energy corridors.
“Now returning for its fifth edition, IAE 2027 reflects the forum’s continued evolution as a leading investment platform. Building on the strong foundation established over the past four editions, this year’s program expands the opportunities for governments, operators and investors to engage in structured environments where projects advance, partnerships are formed and financing decisions move forward. Our objective remains the same: to turn opportunity into financed and deliverable energy assets,” Nadine Levin, Portfolio Director at Energy Capital&Power, said.
Invest in African Energy programme will maintain an upstream foundation through an Exploration&Discovery Investment Forum focused on de-risking frontier development using advanced technologies including AI-enabled subsurface imaging and data-driven exploration, alongside the growing role of national oil companies and domestic operators in upstream investment, gas monetisation, and domestic energy expansion.
Beyond upstream, the Grid Convergence Forum will address gas-to-power integration, hybrid industrial energy systems, and regional electricity markets. On the final day, the Commodities&Capital Allocation Forum will convene global trading houses, insurers, and financial institutions to examine how commodity flows, risk pricing, and insurance mechanisms shape capital deployment into African energy projects, alongside sessions on export credit agency support and mega-project finance for FLNG, offshore developments, and cross-border pipelines.
By integrating sovereign deal origination, structured investor engagement, and capital allocation frameworks into a single platform, Invest in African Energy 2027 aims to strengthen its role as a three-day investment environment where projects are advanced, partnerships are structured, and capital commitments are actively pursued. It positions Paris as a central hub for African energy investment at a time when the sector’s defining challenge is converting opportunity into bankable projects and financed execution.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Energy Capital&Power.
