A high-level group of African heads of state, government leaders, and international nuclear energy experts is expected to attend the second edition of the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA 2026), set to take place in Kigali on May 18-21.

The summit will be opened by President Paul Kagame and will bring together policymakers, regulators, financiers, and nuclear energy technology and service providers to discuss financing approaches, structured deployment pathways, and the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) and micro modular reactors (MMRs).

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The summit is themed "Powering Africa’s Future. Turning Nuclear Energy Ambition into Investable Reality.”

Expected African leaders include President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Council Ministers of Togo, and Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Zeine of Niger.

International participants include Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Sama Bilbao y León, Director General of the World Nuclear Association, William D. Magwood IV, Director General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, and Sylvie Bermann, President of the World Nuclear Exhibition.

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The summit is organised in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Nuclear Energy Agency, the World Nuclear Association, and the World Nuclear Exhibition.