The third report on ‘European financial flows on SDG7 to Africa’, commissioned by the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP), shows that current investments towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) in Africa have led to notable progress, but larger efforts will be required to reach universal clean energy access on the continent.

The 2nd Dakar Financing Summit on 1 – 3 February 2023 under the theme “Maintaining the momentum towards world-class infrastructure in Africa”, calls for the development of world-class infrastructure and the mobilisation of funds from both the private and public sector towards priority regional infrastructure projects. The Summit is hosted by the Republic of Senegal, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency – NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

On 24-28 October 2022, the Power Futures Lab (PFL), at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), hosted the short course “Managing Power Sector Reforms and Regulation”. Participants shared their feedback with the AEEP after the course.

The AEEP is supporting the fifth instalment of the Power Futures Lab course on "Managing Power Sector Reforms and Regulations". The programme will equip participants with knowledge to address the challenges in the African power sector.