From 26 to 28 June 2017, representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet in Accra, Ghana, at the Kempinski Hotel, to review and deliberate on the draft Directive on gender assessment in energy projects, at a regional workshop organized by the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE). The Directive establishes… Read More »
From 4 – 5 April 2017, energy practitioners from all over the world met in Accra, Ghana, for the Clean Energy Summit – Africa. The event took place at the La Palma Royale Hotel, bringing together government ministries, financiers and investors, innovative micro-grid operators and large energy users, with the objective of learning of new opportunities in Africa’s… Read More »
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) has been awarded a grant of US$ 1 Million for its project on “Feasibility Study on Business Opportunities for Women in a Changing Energy Value Chain in West Africa”. Funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Infrastructure Project Preparatory Facility… Read More »
Celebrating International Women’s Day takes many different forms, in many different countries and in many different sectors around the world. In West Africa, and in the energy sector, International Women’s Day provides an opportunity to recognize cutting edge work addressing women’s energy poverty. In West Africa, ‘ensuring universal energy access by 2030’ is proving to be more than… Read More »
PART 1 The ECOWAS region has a population of over 300 million people and only about 42% access to electricity with only 8% access in the rural areas. However, 60% of the populations reside in the rural areas, where about 70% -90% rely solely on low quality fuels for their basic energy needs. By statistics, the ECOWAS region… Read More »
Research by the World Bank, USAID, ENERGIA and other gender and energy practitioners has shown that the impacts of energy infrastructure projects on the lives of the male and female population have been uneven. Despite the importance of incorporating gender considerations in energy infrastructure development, the practice is not wide-spread. To fill the gap, the ECOWAS Center… Read More »
