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1st German Energy Business Mission with the topic “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies for the Development Cape Verde”

ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Policy & Investment High Level Forum
ECOWAS Region Strives to be the Top Destination for Energy Investments

Ten finalists shortlisted for Second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing awards
The Second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF2) awards, in which entrepreneurs showcase their projec

Ivoire Hydro Energy scoops top prize at second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing awards
Etty Ekolan Alain is the winner of the top prize at the second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF2).

Renewable energy centre to be set up in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- A Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency is to be established in Barbados, said minister with responsibility for energy, Senator Darcy Boyce, when he met with Paolo Serpi, Italy’s special envoy t

RCREEE Welcomes Ahmed Badr as its new Executive Director
1st of August 2015, RCREEE secretariat welcomed Eng. Ahmed Badr as the new Executive Director for a 3 year term. Eng.

Arab Program for Sustainable Energy Youth™ (APSEY) 5th interns round joins RCREEE
Cairo- Egypt; After shortlisting and processing around 800 application, RCREEE contracts seven interns as part of the APSEY program. Selected interns are from Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan .

ECREEE Organizes Strategy Meeting on Supporting ECOWAS Countries to Address Climate Change
The ECOWAS region is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the impacts of climate change. Changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems and all development sectors in the region.
The SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE) to be hosted by Namibia
The Energy Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved the establishment of the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE).

Head of States confirm Barbados as the host country of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE)
The Thirty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), held at Bridgetown, Barbados, 2-4 July 2015, endorsed the establishment of the "Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Effici

Capacity building on construction of improved stoves - WACCA Camps 2015
From July 20 to 24, fifteen stove producers from the 5 Anglophone countries in ECOWAS will convene in Accra, the capital of Ghana to participate in the capacity building on improved cookstoves (ICS) construction.
Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP) – Rural Electrification and Sustainable Energy Access Unit – Clean Cooking Energy
Nigerians depend heavily on firewood and inefficient technologies for cooking.

Djibouti validates 2015-2035 energy conservation strategy
Djibouti-On 15th of June 2015, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources in collaboration with the Djiboutian Agency for energy conservation organized a workshop presenting the energy strategy 2015-2035.

THE PRESIDENT OF CABO VERDE RECEIVES UN-ECREEE DELEGATION
June 26, 2015 - As part of the official mission to Cabo Verde, the President of Republic H.E. Dr.

ECOWAS VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO CABO VERDE PAYS A VISIT TO ECREEE
Praia - June 24, 2015 – A high ranking ECOWAS delegation recently paid a working visit to the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Praia Cabo Verde.

ECREEE joins the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) to promote Low Carbon Technologies in the ECOWAS region
As part of its efforts to advance Low Carbon Development in the ECOWAS region and contribute to the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of West Africa, ECREEE has joined the Climate Technology Centre and N

HIGH LEVEL UN DELEGATION PAYS A VISIT TO ECREEE
Praia, June 25th, 2015 – Two Special Representatives of the United Nations Secretary-General visited the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) as part of trip to showcase Cabo Verde as a role