11th meeting of ECREEE´s focal institutions

Niamey, July 24, 2023 - The opening ceremony of the 11th meeting of the National Focal Institutions (NFIs) of the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) took place on July 24, 2023 in Niamey (Niger) under the chairmanship of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Renewable Energy of Niger in the presence of the ECOWAS Resident Representative to Niger, the Executive Director of ECREEE and the Representative of the GiZ/PROMERC 2 Project Manager.

ECREEE organizes workshop to uptake green hydrogen in ECOWAS

The closing ceremony of the regional workshop to launch the development of the ECOWAS regional green hydrogen strategy and the 2023-2030 and 2032-2050 action plans took place on 21 July 2023 in Niamey in the presence of Mr SEDIKO DOUKA, Commissioner in charge of Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalization of the ECOWAS Commission.

ECREEE at the WASCAL Competence Centre

A delegation from ECREEE headed by its Executive Director, Mr. Francis Semporé, paid a working visit to the WASCAL Competence Centre in Ouagadougou on June 29, 2023. During the discussions, Prof. Kehinde Ogunjobi, Director of WASCAL Competence Centre, commended the close collaboration between the two institutions in promoting Green Hydrogen in West Africa, while advocating for further partnership development in the field of Climate Change and other types of renewable energies.

ECREEE meets with the Energy Directorate of the WAEMU Commission

The Executive Director of ECREEE, Mr. Francis SEMPORE, leads a working mission to regional and sub-regional institutions based in Ouagadougou. This mission is in alignment with ECREEE's 2023 - 2027 strategic plan, which gives priority to strengthening partnerships in general, and in particular those with African regional and sub-regional institutions.

The Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Central Africa on a study tour in ECREEE

A delegation from the Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Central Africa (CEREEAC), headquartered in Luanda, Angola, is undertaking a study tour of ECREEE from July 19 to 23, 2023. CEREEAC is a new member of the Global Network of Sustainable Energy Centres (GN-SEC), managed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The objective of the tour is to learn from the best experiences of ECREEE, which is at a more advanced stage of institutional build-up.