Conference

WACEE'23 Conference Overview

Over the course of two days, industry experts, business executives, and key decision makers from the clean energy, water, and circular economy sectors will come together to discuss important issues in their respective fields and engage in stimulating discussions about current events, opportunities, and challenges related to clean energy, sustainability, climate change and hydrogen topics. Using the conference platform, there would also be opportunities for keynote and business presentations.

Day 1 - Wednesday

18th October 2023

  • H.E Ambassador Daniel Krull, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ghana
  • Hon. Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer, Deputy Minister of Energy
  • Mr. Burkhardt Hellemann, Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana (AHK Ghana)
  • H.E Ambassador Daniel Krull, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ghana
  • Hon. Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer, Deputy Minister of Energy
  • Mr. Burkhardt Hellemann, Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana (AHK Ghana)
  • Ms. Doreen Kanetey-Essel, Head of Sub-Saharan Africa, Ecoligo
  • Frederick Ken. Appiah, Deputy Director, Renewable Energy, Energy Commission
  • Ing Osei Louis Kwasi, Technical Advisor PDP-Green/Renewable Hydrogen, GIZ GmbH 
  • Ing. Kwaku Wiafe, Director, Engineering Services Department, Volta River Authority
  • Jo Ann Takyiwah Sackey, Deputy Country Director & Business Engagement Lead, UK Department for Business & Trade British High Commission
  • Enoch Yeboah Agyepong, Sustainable Development Consultant + Director & Co-Founder, Renewable Energy Association of Ghana (REAG)
  • William Addo, Development Finance and Investment consultant
  • Richard Hammond, Country Lead Advisor for Ghana and Liberia, USAID Power Africa Off-grid Program (PAOP) 
  • Dr Prince Oppong Kwarteng, Entrepreneurship and Industrial Development Professional, GIZ
  • Ing. Seth Mahu, Director, Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy
  • Abraham Dsane, Relationship Manager, Corporate and Institutional Banking Department, CalBank PlC 
  • Kwasi Agyenim Boateng, Secretary, Association of Ghana Solar Industries (AGSI)
  • Enoch Yeboah Agyepong, Sustainable Development Consultant + Director & Co-Founder, Renewable Energy Association of Ghana (REAG)

Day 2 - Thursday

19th October 2023

  • 9:00 - 9:05 Welcome Address
  • 9:05 - 9:30 General Overview Waste Management
  • 9:30 - 10:15 Presentation of German Companies in the Waste Management and Recycling Sector 
  • 10:15 - 10:30 Networking Break
  • 10:30 - 11:15 Presentation of German Companies in the Waste Management and Recycling Sector Cont’d 
  • 11:15 - 11:45
    Opportunities in the Waste Management & Recycling Sector in Ghana
    Round Table and Q&A
  • 11:45 - 12:00 Closing Remarks
  • André Rückert, Project Developer, ECOLOGICON
  • Larry Kotoe, Deputy Director, E-waste Programme, Environmental Protection Agency
  • Vivian Ahiayibor, Managing Director, City Waste Recycling
  • Dr. Vincent Kyere, Team Lead, E-waste PIU, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
  • Dr Sampson Atiemo, Executive Chairman, Mountain Research Institute
  • Kweku Ennin, Chief Executive Officer, Zeal Environmental Technologies
  • Larry Kotoe, Deputy Director, E-waste Programme, Environmental Protection Agency
  • Prof. Martin Oteng-Ababio, Environmental Geography Expert/Professor of Geography, University of Ghana
  • Prof. Dr. Henning Wilts, Head of Circular Economy at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
  • Ljubitza Happe, Projektkoordination & Key Account Management, Circular Valley

Speakers

Hon. Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer

Deputy Minister of Energy

Ing. Kwaku Wiafe

Director, Engineering Services Department, Volta River Authority

Jo Ann Takyiwah Sackey

Deputy Country Director & Business Engagement Lead, UK Department for Business & Trade British High Commission

Enoch Yeboah Agyepong

Sustainable Development Consultant + Director & Co-Founder, Renewable Energy Association of Ghana (REAG)

William Addo

Development Finance and Investment consultant

Dr. Henning Wilts

Head of Circular Economy at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

Burcu Goezet

Senior Researcher at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy

André Rückert

Project Developer, ECOLOGICON

Ljubitza Happe

Projektkoordination & Key Account Management, Circular Valley

Doreen Kanetey-Essel

Head of Sub-Saharan Africa, Ecoligo

Ing. Osei Louis Kwasi

Technical Advisor PDP-Green/Renewable Hydrogen, GIZ GmbH

Frederick Ken. Appiah

Deputy Director, Renewable Energy, Energy Commission

Michele Velenderić

Founder, Green Power Brains, Renewable Energy Engineer

Richard Hammond

Country Lead Advisor for Ghana and Liberia, USAID Power Africa Off-grid Program (PAOP) 

Dr Prince Oppong Kwarteng

Entrepreneurship and Industrial Development Professional, GIZ

Adewole Lawal

Senior Manager, Sustainability Services, Mazars

Modupeoluwa Williams

Associate, Sustainability Services, Mazars

Larry Kotoe

Engineer – Geoscientist, Ghana Environmental Protection Agency

Kwasi Agyenim Boateng

Secretary, Association of Ghana Solar Industries (AGSI)

Abraham Dsane

Relationship Manager, Corporate and Institutional Banking Department, CalBank PlC 

Vivian Ahiayibor

Managing Director, City Waste Recycling Limited

Daps Abimbola

Dr. Daniel Tutu Benefoh (PHD)

Acting Director, Climate Change Unit of Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Prof. Dr. Roman Brylka

CEO, Green Bridge Ingenieurbüro mbH

Peter Hartel

Head of Sales – Recycling Solutions, Krones AG

Dr. Yahaya Yakubu - Ph.D., MEng., MA, PGD, PGD, BSc

Africa Environmental Sanitation (AfES) Consult

Dr. Vincent Kyere

Team Lead, E-waste PIU, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation

Venan A. Sondo

CEO, CHAiNT Afrique

Speakers 12-17

Engr. Solomon Noi

Director of Waste Management Department at Accra Metropolitan Assembly

Kweku Ennin

CEO, Zeal Environmental Technologies 

Dr. Sampson Atiemo

Executive Chairman, Mountain Research Institute

Melanie Otto

Junior Consultant, enviacon international

Speaker999-20

Prof. Martin Oteng-Ababio

Environmental Geography Expert/Professor of Geography, University of Ghana

Julia von Franz

Policy and Advocacy Officer, Alliance for Rural Electrification

Ing. Seth Mahu

Deputy Director, Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy

Enoch Appiagyei

CEO, Easy Plastics

Letitia Abra-Kom Nyaaba

Chemical Engineer at Environmental Protection Agency Ghana