East Africa Carbon Markets Forum

Unlocking Opportunities for Sustainable Development

Date: 08.05. - 09.05.2025
Place: Mestil Hotel & Residences, Kampala, Uganda

The East Africa Carbon Markets Forum 2025 - a premier event bringing together key stakeholders in the region's carbon markets.

This forum serves as a dynamic platform for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and actionable discussions aimed at advancing sustainable development goals through carbon market initiatives.

Hon. Beatrice Anywar Atim, Minister of State for Environment delivers the opening remarks for EACMF 2024
Keynote by Mrs. Margaret Athenio Mwebesa, Commissioner Climate Change, Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda
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Anete Garoza and Kenneth Muhangi announcing the formation of the Carbon Markets Association Uganda at the EACMF 2024
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Workshop hosted by Ely Sandler, Policy Advisor at Seagrass on How can African countries use Article 6 and carbon finance to fund national infrastructure?
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Agenda 2025

Day 1: Forum Day (Main Stage at Bunyoni Ballroom)

  • Morning coffee served at Kazinga Hall

  • Welcome by Dr Ronnie Mich Egwang, Programme Director

    Opening remarks by:

    1. Ms. Margaret Athieno Mwebesa, Commissioner, Climate Change Department, Uganda's UNFCCC NFP, Ministry of Water and Environment

    2. By Ms. Maris Wanyera, Ag. Director Debt and Cash Policy

  • Speaker: Xana Maunze, Climate Finance Official, Enabel Mozambique

  • Speakers:

    1. Lydia A. Omuko-Jung, Lead Legal Consultant, Climate Focus

    2. Toni Heigl, Founder & CEO, CarbonWise Consulting

    3. Eric Olanya, Country Director, Gridworks Development Partners LLP

    4. Margaret Athieno Mwebesa, Commissioner, Climate Change Department, Uganda's UNFCCC NFP, Ministry of Water and Environment

    Moderator: Dr. Jibril Semakura Owomugisha, Founding Director of Million Trees International

  • Speaker: Mona Muguma, CEO, aBi Finance

  • Speakers:

    1. Erick Kariithi, Technical Manager, Calculus Carbon

    2. Denis Mugagga, Head Climate Finance Unit, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

    3. Peter BenHur Nyeko, Founder and CEO, Mandulis Energy

    Moderator: Tracy Rubarema IZABERA, Associate, KTA Advocates

  • Speaker: Riccardo Ridolfi, CEO, Equatorial Power

  • Speakers:

    1. Nadine Planzer, Director Business Development Environmental Markets, SustainCERT

    2. Claire Willers, Senior Manager, Market Relations, Gold Standard

    3. Lee M. Pearson, Ph.D. CEO, Wovoka

    4. Lucrezia Biteete, Senior Advisor Digital Transformation, GIZ Uganda

    Moderator: Yulia Agaeva, Founder, Africa Investment Solutions

  • Kazinga Hall, lower ground floor

  • Speaker: Micaela Passetti, Carbon Market Specialist, Climate Change Division, UN Environment Programme

  • Speakers:

    1. Humphrey Asiimwe, CEO, Uganda Chamber of Energy and Minerals

    2. Igor Silberud, CEO & Co-Founder, H5 Resources

    3. Wolf Bierens, Founder of Easy Housing

    4. Tom Sengalama, Team Leader-Nature, Climate, Energy and Resilience, UNDP

    Moderator: Calvin Jodisi, President, African Summit on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ASENTI)

  • Speaker: Alex Rumanyika, Head of Strategy and Develompent, NSSF

  • Speakers:

    1. Frederic Olbert, Co-founder and CFO, Carbonpool

    2. Philip Hardwick, CEO of Everpath and Head of Environmental Projects for BB Energy

    3. Tim McLellan, CEO, Trees For Future

    4. Robert Mukiza, Director General, UIA

    Moderator: Canary Mugume, Senior news anchor & investigative reporter, NBS television

  • Speakers:

    1. Ian Mutai, CTO, Verst Carbon

    2. James Daniel, Founder & CEO, Regid Carbon

    3. Allen Fan, Co-founder and CEO, CarbonHQ

    Moderator: Anete Garoza, Co-organiser of EACMF and Vice President of CMAU

  • And See You Tomorrow!

Day 2: Deep dives

Main Stage at Bunyoni Ballroom

  • Location: Kazinga Hall

  • Dr. Monica Musenero Masanza, DVM, MS, MPH - Honorable Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation at Science, Technology and Innovation Secretariat – Office of the President

  • Speakers:

    1. Kenneth Mugangi, Partner KTA Advocates

    2. Michael Nana Yaw Nimoh, SPOUTS International, Country Director

    3. Mr. Senyonga Derick, Senior Climate Change Officer, Ministry of Water and Environment, Climate Change Department

    4. Anete Garoza, Co-organiser of EACMF and Vice President of CMAU

    Moderator: Emmanuel Wanyama, Expert in Sustainability, KTA

  • Speaker:

    1. Michael Tebere, Director of the Government & Partner Relations, Kijani Forestry

    2. Jaun Van Loggerenberg, Business Development Director, C4 EcoSolutions

    3. Denis Mugagga, Head Climate Finance Unit, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

    4. Mr. Senyonga Derick, Senior Climate Change Officer, Ministry of Water and Environment, Climate Change Department

    5. Winfred Masiko, National Program Coordinator- Women Entrepreneurship Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Uganda

    Moderator: Andrew Ocama, Coordinator, Eastern Africa Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance

    1. Presentation: Driving Climate Innovation in Uganda
      Speaker: David Gonahasa, Team Lead, Industry 4.0+ Bureau at Science, Technology and Innovation Secretariat - Office of the President (STI-OP)

    2. Presentation: Wealth on Land and Our Shared Future Ecosystems Restoration, Food & Income Security in the Lake Kyoga Basin
      Speaker: Cosmus Kule, Research Fellow at EcoPeek Consults Ltd

    3. Presentation: Building a Resilient, Federative, Edge Cloud Grid in Africa
      Speaker: Hans Van Linschoten, Founder, afriQloud

    4. Presentation:Enterprise Neurosystem
      Speaker: Bill Wright, Founder, Enterprise Neurosystem

    5. Presentation: KMC
      Speaker: Shaban Senyange, Corporate Affairs Manager, Kiira Motors Corporation

      Followed by panel session with panelists:

      • James Daniel, Founder and CEO, Regid Carbon

      • Moreen Maria Ndagire, Project Officer, Gold Standard

      • Alexey Shadrin, Founder and CEO of Evercity

      • Dr. William Lume, Director and Senior Climate Policy Advisor at Jinja Institute of Technology

      Moderator: David Gonahasa

      Open Engagement Session

  • Kazinga Hall, lower ground floor

  • Speakers:

    1. Tafadzwa Dutoit Nyamande, Country Operations Manager, CarbonConnect GmbH

    2. Asha-Sabrina Ayub, Partner at Rive & Co

    3. Sjaak De Bloois, Director East Africa, Fair Food 

    4. Lars Kroijer, CEO, AlliedOffsets

    Moderator: Alejandra Padin-Dujon, Senior Correspondent (Middle East & Africa), Editor (Latin America) at Carbon Pulse 

  • Speakers:

    1. Elizabeth Kaijuka Okwenje, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development

    2. Kabaka Mutensa, Operations and Engagement Officer, BioCarbonStandard

    3. Donee Alexander, Chief Carbon Officer, Bridge Carbon Limited

      Moderator: Sunday Ndamugoba, Partner at Rive & Co, Alliott Global Alliance

  • Speakers:

    1. Moa Rydell, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder, Green Hub East Africa

    2. Jakob Hornbach, CEO, GOGO Electric

    3. Marjon Castelijn, Founder, Climate-Connection Africa

    4. Benon Mascot, Deputy Managing Director, Motorcare Uganda

    Moderator: Owiny Hakin, E-mobility ESG Advocacy Manager, Ebee Mobility Uganda

  • Speakers:

    1. Hani Dahlan, CEO, Avotein Farms Limited

    2. Franz Rentel, Managing Director, Anthesis Group

    3. Gilbert Junior Buregyeya, Programs Lead, Makerere Innovation and Incubation Center

    Moderator: Aggie Patricia Turwomwe, CEO, Agile Media Africa

  • Location: Bunyoni Ballroom

Kafu Meeting Room

  • Location: Kazinga Hall

  • Speakers:

    1. Collin Mugisha, Founder & Managing Director, Yongeza Capital 

    2. John Robert Turyakira, African Green Health Network-AGHNET, Executive Director and Environmental Rights Defender

  • Conversation between:

    1. Philip Hardwick, CEO of Everpath and Head of Environmental Projects for BB Energy BB Energy

    2. David Luganda Nsiyonna, Climate lead, Green Africa Youth Organisation (GAYO)

  • Speaker:
    Lars Kroijer, CEO, AlliedOffsets

  • By Paula Cabezas, Carbon Partnerships Lead, Pachama

    In this video, I share how Pachama is leveraging technology and AI to enhance carbon projects in East Africa and beyond. We’ve supported over 50 project developers and analyzed thousands of project boundaries using our proprietary DMRV technology. I’m excited to announce that we are evolving our model to offer broader access to our tools, which will help improve project quality and scalability. I encourage you to explore our new platform and consider how it can support your decision-making process.

  • Kazinga Hall, lower ground floor

  • Conversation between:

    1. Kanyinke Sena, Board member, ICVCM

    2. Honestly Thabani Ndlovu, Project Lead -Africa, Ecosystem Restoration Standard (ERS)

  • Speakers:

    1. Justus Karuhanga, Partner, KTA Advocates

    2. Biryahwaho Byamukama, Senior Program Advisor and Forestry and Conservancy Programs Manager at USAID

  • Conversation between:

    1. Ann Maina, Project Lead East Africa, Boomitra

    2. Michael Nimoh, Uganda Country Director, Spouts International

  • Speakers:

    1. Laura Toledano,
      Carbon Project Development Manager, Sistema.bio

    2. Peter Garrido, Managing Director, PURA Organic Agro Tech Ltd

  • Location: Bunyoni Ballroom

Aswa Meeting Room

  • Location: Kazinga Hall

  • The Digital and Green Innovation Action (DGI) is a Team Europe initiative uniting the European Union, Germany, France, Belgium, Estonia and the Netherlands. It is designed to accelerate digital and green innovation in Africa, Asia and Latin America. DGI offers tailored support to innovators, facilitates stakeholder events, and organizes targeted finance matchmaking to foster collaboration and investment.

    At the East African Carbon Markets Forum DGI will kick off their Stakeholder Event Series. These dialogues will tackle the key regulatory and financing challenges faced by innovators looking to leverage carbon finance in East Africa. The ultimate goal is to bring together policymakers, innovation hubs, and private sector actors to co-develop actionable strategies that unlock innovation, align with climate goals, and build stronger partnerships. 

  • Kazinga Hall, lower ground floor

  • Workshop leads Natasha Kalanda, Manager, and Claire Willers, Senior Manager, Market Relations at Gold Standard

  • Trees for the Future (TREES), an agroforestry and farmer centric nonprofit, has been implementing the Lake Victoria Watershed Agroforestry Carbon Project (LV Carbon) in Kenya since 2020, using Verra Methodology VM0042. The project is currently under validation. Earlier this year TREES began implementing the LV Carbon 2 project in Uganda using VM0047, incorporating rich best practices from our Kenya work. LV carbon projects are unique as they are implemented with smallholder farmers on privately owned land of less than 2 hectares.

    Through our work with 18,000 farmers in Kenya, TREES developed a number of key farmer engagement innovations that are both integral to the project's success as well as ensure effective and responsible engagement with local stakeholders. TREES teams from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will host a lively and hands on workshop highlighting innovations that you may want to consider in future project implementation with smallholder farmers.

  • Workshop lead Mark Huelsenbeck, CEO of Impact Water

  • Location: Bunyoni Ballroom

Unlocking Opportunities for
Sustainable Development

Why Attend

Gain a comprehensive understanding of East Africa's evolving carbon markets.

Network with industry leaders, government officials, and sustainability experts.

Collaborate on innovative projects that contribute to sustainable development.

Explore opportunities for sustainable financing and impact investing.

Stay updated on the latest regulatory developments and market trends

Who Should Attend

  • Carbon market professionals

  • Government representatives

  • Financial institutions

  • Impact investors

  • Project developers

  • NGOs and sustainability advocates

  • Technology and innovation leaders

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