Zim-Zam 2025: Petrodex as Summit Sponsor in Livingstone

The second Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit (Zim-Zam 2025), organised by EnergyNet, took place in Livingstone on 26–28 November 2025 under the theme "Mines and Energy: How Stakeholders have Fast-Tracked Private Sector Projects to Become Africa's Top Investment Destination". It brought together more than 380 developers, financiers, utilities and policymakers, with Copperbelt Energy as country host and the African Union Commission and SADC as strategic partners. Discussions covered how both countries are opening their power markets to private investment, including open access to the grid and the role of independent energy traders; transmission and regional interconnection, notably links to the DRC mining sector; and financing tools to move projects from MOUs to megawatts. Petrodex was the Summit Sponsor, with Monie Captan, Deputy CEO, West Africa, and Mulubwa Mpundu Chola, Legal Counsel, participating as speakers. Mr Captan contributed to the session “Is Reliance on Mining Companies as the Off-taker Sustainable?”, which examined the role of mining demand in supporting energy projects and the sustainability of off-take arrangements. The summit's focus on open access and energy trading speaks directly to Petrodex's model: trading power across borders within the Southern African Power Pool to deliver reliable supply to utilities, mines and industrial customers.