Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Friday, April 16, 2021

VIRTUAL EVENT: High Level Green Talk on Accelerating the EU-Africa Partnership for Green Energy Transition in Africa &

16 April 2021.
EABF Green talk high level panel: Accelerating the EU-Africa Partnership for Green Energy Transition in Africa by INTPA Infopoint.

High-level representatives from the European Commission and the African Union Commission, development banks and private sector CEOs will join an online roundtable to discuss the rapid green energy transformation in Africa and how they will contribute to bridging the energy gap in the continent.

EABF Green talk high level panel: Accelerating the EU-Africa Partnership for Green Energy Transition in Africa - leaflet

Key topics
  • Increasing the renewable share in Africa’s energy mix and access to sustainable energy services
  • Promoting energy and resource efficiency
  • Supporting policy and regulatory reforms, capacity building and technical assistance
  • Leveraging private investments through blending and de-risking instruments
  • Reinforcing Africa-EU business cooperation and public-private partnerships
  • Developing cutting-edge technologies through research and innovation
Speakers
  • Amani Abou-Zeid African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy, ICT and Tourism Show more information 
  • Augusto Santos Silva Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs 
  • Frans Timmermans European Commission Executive Vice-President for the Green Deal 
  • Kandeh Yumkella Co-Chair of the Africa Europe Foundation’s Strategy Group on Energy and Member of the National Parliament, Sierra Leone; former Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Chair of UN-Energy Show 
  • Tamsin Rose Tamsin Rose Senior Fellow for Health at Friends of Europe
       

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