INVITATION TO THE MEDIA

PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENERGY

Within the framework of the 30th AU Summit, H.E Dr. ABOU-ZEID Amani, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy will, on Friday 26 January 2018 at 16:30, hold a press conference on the following issue:

- Launch of the Single African Air Transport Market;

- Status update on DotAfrica;

- Update on the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) and major decisions taken during the last PIDA Week;

- Update on the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI);

- Operationalization of the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) and the Regional Geothermal Programme and Update on E-Governance.

The briefing will be held in Briefing Room 1, at the new AU Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Journalists are invited to take part in the press conference

Media contact

Mr. Molalet Tsedeke, Media Center Coordinator; Directorate of Information and Communication;

AU Commission; Tel: +251911630631; E-mail: MolaletT@africa-union.org

For further information contact

Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: dic@africa-union.org I Web Site: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia

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