Category: News
Energy SELF Portraits Photographs & Stories Contest 2020-2021
12 Feb 2021 – The collection of Energy SELF Portraits focusses on different SDG-7 dimensions such as energy access, its costs and options, its quality, its environmental implications as well as how energy efficiency and renewable energy may offer solutions […]
ECREEE appoints Abdou Fall as Sustainable Energy Champion
1 February 2021 – The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) has appointed Mr. Abdou Fall as Sustainable Energy Champion to support the ECOWAS region to attain its sustainable energy objectives by 2030 and showcase the region´s place as […]
AfDB launches $50 million facility to support energy access companies through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
4 December 2020 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $20 million concessional investment from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to establish the COVID-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform (CRP). The $50 million blended […]
Leading Renewable Players Urge Governments to Re-align Recovery Measures with Paris Agreement
7 December 2020 – With the Paris Agreement celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, all eyes are on the world’s governments to urgently scale-up climate action. In a renewed call to action, over 100 leading renewable energy players, as members […]
OFF-GRID Expo + Conference closes on a positive note
Messe Augsburg impresses exhibitors, participants and speakers with the digital format of the international congress and exhibition. The OFF-GRID Expo + Conference managed a successful digital premiere. In total, more than 500 participants from 46 nations took part in the three-day virtual […]
ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum 2020 (ESEF 2020) Goes Digital
17 November 2020 – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to host the fourth edition of its Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF 2020) from 24-26 November 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s ESEF will be […]
6 ARE Members bag prize at the AFSIA Solar Awards 2020
The winners of the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) Solar Awards 2020 were unveiled during first-of-its kind online event ——— 29 October 2020 – The inaugural AFSIA Solar Awards, organised in partnership with the Africa Energy Forum (aef), culminated in […]
Key Findings from the Energy Access Industry Barometer
7 Aug 2020 – With a view to better understand the rapidly evolving economic situation in partner countries in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, EnDev spearheaded a broad alliance of sector stakeholders to conduct the most inclusive and global […]
Energy Access Sector Essential to Building Back Better
17 Jul 2020 – At the Energy Access COVID-19 Relief Summit this week, nearly 1,600 energy access representatives assessed the pandemic’s impact on businesses and consumers, stressing the sector’s role in (re)building sustainable, resilient communities and economies. The two-day summit […]
Take the Survey – COVID-19: Energy Access Industry Barometer
3 July 2020 – The COVID-19 crisis has created many challenges for the energy access sector and thrown us into a time of great uncertainty. The markets where we operate, and the people we serve, are particularly vulnerable to both […]