The 15th AEEP Energy Talks on 26 June 2024 (11:00-13:00 CET,12:00-14:00 EAT) will dive into "Fueling Partnerships: Investing in Clean Cooking for Health, Equality, and Climate in Africa". The webinar will highlight the urgent need for clean cooking solutions in Africa and share insights from Africa-European collaboration.
The African Union Development Agency NEPAD has released their synthesis report on the African Continental Power Systems Masterplan (CMP), quantifying the value of the envisioned continental wide electricity power network.
The report details how current energy development trajectories are inadequate to unlock the continent’s growth potential.
The 14th AEEP Energy Talks on May 8, 2024, will focus on "Empowering Africa: Accelerating Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Development." Energy efficiency, dubbed the "first fuel," is crucial for meeting Africa's energy needs, an a key component of SDG7 and COP28 pledges. The event will discuss Africa's energy efficiency landscape and explore Europe's experiences in implement energy efficiency measures.
The Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) and the Africa-Europe Foundation (AEF) co-organised an Africa-Europe high-level policymaker meeting to foster cross-continental partnership on 20 March 2024 at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD). The discussion focused on “Fostering Africa-Europe energy cooperation: Implementing commitments and realising Africa’s energy transformation”.
The 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) convened on 17 and 18 February 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, adopting the Africa Single Energy Market with one of its components, the Continental Power System Masterplan (CMP), as an AU Agenda 2063 Flagship Project.
