RES4Africa is organizing a conference at EXCO2019, the International Cooperation Expo. The session, titled “The Role of Renewable Energy: Business Empowering”, will take place on Thursday 16 May at Hortensia Room, Pavilion 10 (Fiera di Roma) from 9:30 to 12:00.

During the conference we will present our flagship …

RES4Africa was among the stakeholders of the FSR Energy Transition Global Forum, which took place at the Florence School of Regulation in Fiesole on 26-28 March.

The four-days event aimed at fostering practice-oriented solutions on key aspects of the world energy transition, providing a platform for multi-stakeholder engagement to …

RES4Med&Africa took part of the Annual Meeting of the International Energy Agency (IEA)‘s Renewable Industry Advisory Board (RIAB), which took place in Paris on 2 April 2019. Roberto Vigotti, RES4Med&Africa Secretary General and RIAB Coordinator, coordinated the sessions; the morning was opened by Fatih Birol, IEA …

RES4Africa holds a business-to-government (B2G) workshop focused on the long-term strategies for integrating renewable energy into the national electric system, attracting investments and exploiting the socio-economic benefits of renewables in Ethiopia. During the event, the results of the study “Integration of variable renewable energy into the national electric system”, carried …

RES4Africa leads an executive training focused on an international benchmark for auction programs and project finance in the renewable energy sector. Thanks to the support and cooperation of RES4Africa’s network, the executive training sheds light on the crucial steps for the preparation of international tenders, including the document procedures and …

RES4Med&Africa organised a conference on the role of the innovation in the African continent and how innovation can boost the RE sector providing new solutions, business-wise and technological-wise, …

“What does it take to accelerate RES investments in Africa: Priorities And Recommandations” is RES4Africa Foundation’s newly published study, launched during the 2019 Annual Conference in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on 19^th June 2019.

This publication, carried out by Pöyry and realized in collaboration with Enel Foundation, analyses the …

“Africa’s Future Counts”, RES4Africa Foundation’s second flagship publication, was presented during the 2019 Annual Conference, held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on 19^th June.

This publication, developed in collaboration with Enel Foundation, is the second of a series of annual features that focus on Africa’s sustainable energy future, …

Nature is based on cycles. If we go back to our childhood schoolbooks and look up the water cycle, we will discover (or rediscover) that the water cycle is driven by the sun’s energy, and that rainfalls make plants sprout and quench animals’ thirst. It’s a perfect cycle that has …

To support our business-to-government workshop in Ethiopia we released our new “Integration of variable renewable energy into the national electric system of Ethiopia” which we carried out carried out with Enel Foundation in cooperation with Ethiopian Electric Power and with the technical expertise of CESI.

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RES4Med&Africa, in collaboration with its members led by PwC, released the new white paper “A New Instrument to Foster Large-Scale Renewable Energy Development and Private Investment in Africa”. In this white paper RES4Med&Africa analysed RE financing mechanisms’ best practices and weaknesses, thus stressing the need for a new …

“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 …

RES4Africa Foundation is looking for a Capacity Building Project Coordinator with a background in engineering, international relations or development cooperation, who will mainly manage the organization and the execution of our Micro-Grid Academy, and advocate access to energy and its productive use through the publication of studies.

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18 July 2019, Luxemburg – Representatives of the European financial sector yesterday gathered for a half-day event in Luxemburg to discuss cooperation on the renewAfrica Initiative. Promoted by RES4Africa Foundation, the initiative was presented to the European Investment Bank (EIB), to the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and to the …

Rome, 15 July 2019 – The Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development (ACSD) and RES4Africa Foundation jointly hosted the event “Africa’s Future Counts: Renewables and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus”. The reception was attended by 100 participants from the international renewable energy private sector and the development community. The purpose of …

Addis Ababa, 19 June 2019 – RES4Africa Foundation today hosted its 7th Annual Conference “Overcoming Africa’s Energy Access Gap” for the first time in the African continent. Over 250 participants gathered in the Ethiopian capital to discuss and identify strategic priorities for scaling up renewables across Africa to overcome energy …

Rome, 7 June 2019 – RES4Med&Africa transitions from association to RES4Africa Foundation today following the legal endorsement by its members during the 2nd General Assembly meeting of 2019. BonelliErede, the international law firm with offices in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and a member of the foundation, advised RES4Africa …

RES4Africa joined the Africa Task Force set up by the Global Wind Industry Council (GWEC) during the WindEurope Conference, held in Bilbao on 2-4 April.

The new Task Force was established to bring together leading developers, investors and manufacturers, alongside technical experts and intergovernmental organizations. The Task Force will operate …