While Africa is still recovering from the socio-economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian war in Ukraine poses new economic threats to many African countries. To that effect, the 2022 SEforALL Forum has invited the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) to participate in the high-level side event “Africa-Europe energy cooperation and the implications of the war in Ukraine” on the 18th of May (15:30 – 16:15 GMT+2).