ARE and GOGLA, supported by the Zambia’s Rural Electrification Authority, the RECP and the European Union funded IAEREP project, invite you to attend the Zambia Off-Grid Investor Forum

The Forum, hosted by the two leading global off-grid industry associations, convenes developers, financiers, regulators and international development partners to build partnerships …

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosted a high-level seminar organized by RES4MED&Africa on the role of renewable energy in emerging economies.

Seminar

The role of renewable energies: opportunities for global growth and investments in emerging economies

11 May 2018

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International …

The International Forum on Solar Technologies for Small-Scale Agriculture and Water Management will present the opportunities and challenges of the application of solar technologies in small-scale agriculture and water management. The tools developed by FAO and its partners to enhance the use of solar technologies for small-scale agriculture will also …

RES4Africa in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Environment and the Ethiopian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organized a 4-day training course in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on “Policy Responses to Climate Change: Sustainable Development and Energy Transition” to support Ethiopia in implementing and monitoring INDCs.

The training was …

Three days of panel discussions and interactive events open to the public, addressing trends and entrepreneurial opportunities in the African continent with a focus on: energy, climate change, entrepreneurship, development, demography and migration.

This will be an unique opportunity to interact with high-level representatives from both the private and public …

RES4MED&Africa attends the annual World Future Energy Summit (WFES). It is the foremost platform dedicated to the innovation and digitalisation trends that are key to transformation in the global energy mix. Located in Abu Dhabi, WFES is a business-first exhibition for project developers, distributors, innovators, investors and purchasers from across …

“Unlocking Value from Sustainable Renewable Energy”, RES4Med&Africa’s first flagship publication, was presented during the 2018 Annual Conference, held in Rome on 22^nd June.

This publication, the first of a series of annual features that will focus on specific key priorities and themes about Africa’s sustainable energy …

Open Africa, RES4Africa’s latest project consisting of a photographic book and a web documentary, was presented at Minerva Roof Garden in Rome on 20th June. Developed by RES4Africa with the support of Enel Foundation and in collaboration with Akronos, Open Africa was produced to visually illustrate how …

Increasing the speed of global renewable energy adoption by at least a factor of six – critical to meeting energy-related emission reduction needs of the Paris Climate Agreement – can limit global temperature rise to two degrees, according to the latest edition of the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) long-term …

RES4MED&Africa released a white paper on innovation titled “Aggregation platforms for distributed energy resources: enabling the development of decentralized renewable energies in Africa” which aims to assess the potential of the aggregation platforms for customers and utilities in interconnected rural and peri-urban areas in Africa; as well as analyst the …

Nairobi, January 24^th, 2017 – The development of African start-ups and its entrepreneurial innovation scene plays a key role in driving the region’s sustainable energy transition. To that end, Enel X, Enel’s new advanced energy services division, in partnership with Seedstars World, awarded a particularly innovative start-up with …

The RES4Africa Micro-Grid Academy (MGA) completed its official opening ceremony on Monday afternoon, 22 January 2018 at KPLC IESR – Institute of Energy Studies & Research, Ruaraka, Nairobi. The event included a site visit gathering 40 international stakeholders to the future MGA venue and the certification ceremony of the first …

The fifth training session of the Micro-Grid Academy, the RES4Africa project developed in collaboration with Kenya Power Lighting Company (KPLC), AVSI Foundation, Strathmore University and the St. Kizito VTI technical training center and with the support of Enel Foundation, begins today in Nairobi, Kenya.

The objective of the course, …

Micro-Grid Academy (MGA) students now have an e-learning platform to use thanks to the agreement between RES4Med&Africa and LEDsafari.

The Micro-Grid Academy is a regional capacity building platform that provides theoretical and practical training on access to energy and decentralized renewable energy solutions to young East-African and international technicians, …

On 14 December RES4Med&Africa and UN Environment signed a Memorandum of Understanding to institutionalise their ongoing collaboration.

RES4Med&Africa and UN Environment’s collaboration began in April with the second Micro-Grid Academy training, a regional capacity building platform that provides theoretical and practical training on access to energy and decentralised renewable energy …

RES4Med&Africa holds a high-level business to government (B2G) workshop in Egypt titled “Accelerating the development of renewables in Egypt”. The event, which sees the participation of 80 people from the private sector as well as government representatives, international organizations, IFIs and press, aims at discussing the role of project …

RES4Africa launches its program in Zambia during a two-day regional conference titled “Enhancing non-programmable renewable energy transition in Zambia”, which is held in Lusaka on 27-28 November. Organised in collaboration with many partners, the conference gathers more than 250 participants from international and African stakeholders such as government …

Renewable energy industry, decisionmakers and financial institutions gather in Rome for a Special Session of the IEA Renewable Industry Advisory Board co-organised by RES4Med&Africa and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Over 100 participants and 25 speakers meet at Rome’s Farnesina Palace for an open and high-level …