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ARE & ECREEE’s new partnership to help upscale decentralised renewable energy in the ECOWAS region
Abidjan, 13 March 2019 - In light of the urgency to address the barriers hindering the roll-out of renewable energy, ARE and ECREEE have pledged to support SMEs and start-ups to upscale decentralised renewable energy and cross-sectoral collaborations in the ECOWAS region. They will do so by...
Living transformation! Guinea Bissau attracts investment in 20 MW solar PV power station and mini-grids
Under the guiding motto "NOW OR NEVER", the Guinea Bissau Sustainable Energy International Conference, held from 6 to 7 December 2018 in Bissau, had called for USD 700 million of investment.
As a concrete follow-up, the country has recently received funding from the West African Development...
Project on business opportunities for women to kick off with 4 country stakeholder meetings
The ECREEE project on Feasibility Study on Business Opportunities for Women in a Changing Energy Value Chain in West Africa is organizing four-country stakeholder meetings to kick-off the feasibility study. Financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the project seeks to develop a high quality...
STATEMENT BY THE ECOWAS COMMISSION PRESIDENT: 2019 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
"Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change"
The celebration of International Women's Day, on 8 March every year, affords us the opportunity to emphasize the important place and role of women in economic and social development throughout the world and particularly in our sub-region.
The 2019...
ECREEE promotes electricity access through standalone solar systems
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Efficiency (ECREEE) has initiated the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP) covering 15 ECOWAS and 4 Sahelian (Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad and Mauritania) Countries.
The status of the energy system in the aforementioned regions...
Gender Mainstreaming under the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project
Energy is a basic need and a component of all productive processes. It is essential for development. Sustainable energy sources can improve levels of welfare, increase standards of living, and liberate people from darkness and isolation and at the same time, enabling them to have access to equal...
Call for Applications: ECOWAS CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION FOR OFF-GRID SOLAR PV TECHNICIAN (22-27 April, 2019)
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) in cooperation with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has established an ECSES scheme for the training and certification of sustainable energy...
ECREEE Holds 15th Executive Board Meeting
Praia, Cabo Verde - 25th January 2019 – The Board of the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) adopted the revised ECREEE 2018 work plan and budget as well as the work plan status report at its 15th Executive meeting held in Praia, Cabo Verde on the 25th of January 2019...
ECREEE holds ninth Technical Committee Meeting
The Technical Committee of ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) Thursday 24th January 2019 held a consultative meeting at the Praiamar hotel, in Praia, Cabo Verde. The ninth technical convergence of the committee was chaired by the Director of finance of the ECOWAS...
ECOWAS Reviews Staff Regulations
Abuja, Nigeria – 8th February 2019 - The ECOWAS Commission recently organized a four-day staff regulations review forum in Abuja, Nigeria. The consultative meeting held from 4th to 8th February 2019 discussed ways and means of improving the draft community staff regulations. The review meeting...
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