Energy Intelligence Hub

Data-Driven Insights for Africa’s Energy Future

Africa's energy future hinges on solving a critical trilemma: ensuring reliable access, accelerating decarbonisation, and addressing energy poverty. These challenges are interconnected-energy insecurity stifles growth, slow decarbonisation locks Africa into outdated systems, and unequal access fuels economic and social divides.

AIA's Energy Intelligence Hub (EIH) bridges these gaps by transforming fragmented energy data into unified, actionable insights. We empower governments, investors, and communities to act with urgency and precision, ensuring that every decision contributes to a more sustainable and resilient energy system.

The Foundation of EIH: Six Pillars of Market Transformation

At the heart of informed energy transformation is structured, precise, and contextualised data. Our proprietary PLEXOS energy models for Power, Natural Gas, and Liquid Fuels synthesise key variables such as supply-demand dynamics, infrastructure constraints, capital requirements, and socio-economic factors.

By integrating cutting-edge analytics with deep regional expertise, we provide insights that strengthen six critical pillars for a competitive and resilient energy market:

• Capital & Investment – Data-driven risk mapping, fiscal analysis, and blended finance modelling to align projects-such as renewable IPPs and gas-to-power plants-with investor readiness.
• Policy & Regulation – Maturity, certainty, and consistency in policy and regulatory frameworks to create an enabling environment for investment.
• Institutions & Governance – Clarifying roles and responsibilities of key regulatory, public, and private sector entities to streamline energy governance.
• Infrastructure & Markets – Evaluating infrastructure quality, market size, and third-party access to support energy security and efficiency.
• People & Skills – Addressing gaps in technical training, local manufacturing, and community ownership to build an inclusive and skilled workforce.
• Energy System Structure – Assessing market maturity and the energy mix (fossil fuels, renewables, nuclear) to optimise long-term energy planning.

Why AIA’s EIH?

Deep Energy Expertise

With over 20 years of hands-on experience in Southern Africa's power, gas, and liquid fuels sectors, AIA provides granular insights into regional energy dynamics. Our work with governments, utilities, and private operators enables us to decode the interdependencies between energy supply chains, infrastructure, policies, and markets.

Our expertise is built on two guiding principles:

1. Integrated Energy Modelling & Value Chain Mapping
   • Predictive analytics to simulate supply-demand imbalances, price risks, and infrastructure constraints.
   • Site identification for renewable energy projects, optimising grid integration.
   • Mapping midstream energy flows to assess transmission efficiency, market stability, and operational costs.
   • Enhancing downstream energy security through targeted policy frameworks and infrastructure planning.
2. Decoding Sectoral Interdependencies
   • Analysing how energy carriers (coal, natural gas, renewables) interact with shared grids, pipelines, and storage systems.
   • Evaluating trade-offs between security, affordability, and sustainability, ensuring investments are aligned with economic and decarbonisation goals.
   • Providing tailored datasets and strategic insights to optimise fuel-switching strategies and policy design.

What is AIA’s Energy Intelligence Hub?

A real-time energy intelligence platform tailored for governments, investors, and utilities, translating complex energy data into strategic insights. By analysing value creation, consumption trends, and cross-sector interdependencies, the EIH enables agile, evidence-based decision-making-from optimising infrastructure investments to balancing sustainability with energy security.

EIH Service Offerings

At AIA, we don't just analyse sectors - we connect them. Our advisory approach integrates technical data, regulatory frameworks, and commercial realities, delivering insights that reflect Southern Africa's unique energy landscape. Our models turn complexity into clarity.

• Real-time energy market dashboards
• Integrated energy system modelling
• Energy value chain optimisation
• Investment de-risking and blended finance design
• Policy and regulatory impact analysis
• Infrastructure gap analysis

EIH Service Offerings

Our Energy Intelligence Hub is designed for a wide range of stakeholders in the energy sector, including: