African Union Commission - International Energy Agency Second Ministerial Forum

Event

Nov 24, 2020 - 13:00 - Nov 24, 2020 - 16:00

What: AUC-IEA Second Ministerial Forum on Powering Africa’s Energy Future and The Press Conference

Speakers in the Virtual Event will include:

Ø H.E. Dr. Amani ABOU-ZEID, AUC Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy

Ø H.E. Dr. Fatih BIROL, IEA Executive Director

Ø H.E. Mr. Samson Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy , South Africa

Ø H.E. Dr. Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt

When: The Virtual Event will take place on Tuesday, 24^th November 2020, 13:00-16:00 (Paris/Pretoria)

Where: Online @ https://www.iea.org/events/auc-iea-ministerial-forum-securing-africa-s-energy-future-in-the-wake-of-covid-19

Livestream: https://livestream.com/accounts/2466140

Register in advance for the press conference @ 4:15 P.M (Paris time) using the link below: https://ieaorg.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M7RwHi6pSs-MKzneMoJj5g

Who: The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will co-organize a virtual Second Ministerial Forum, under the auspices of the South African Chairship of the African Union (AU), represented by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, South Africa.

The 2^nd edition of the Forum will bring together a diverse mix of high-level stakeholders from government, industry and other international organizations to discuss the development of Africa’s energy sector. The event presents an opportunity to build on the outcomes of the first 2019 Ministerial Forum, identify further diverse and pressing energy challenges facing African countries, and highlight opportunities to continue driving Africa’s clean energy transition.

Objectives:

The aim of the Forum is to agree on and promote actions to ensure a sustainable economic recovery and scale up of energy investments in Africa over the next three years coinciding with end of the first 10 year Action Plan of the AU Agenda 2063. The goal is to set new milestones and develop a roadmap to guide further joint AUC-IEA engagement to achieve the access, economic and environmental objectives set out in both the UN Sustainable Development Goals (especially linked to SDG 7) and the AU Agenda 2063 and building on the ongoing AU energy initiatives and programs as well as joint initiatives with international partners. It also provides an opportunity to share views on the ways in which the IEA Sustainable Recovery Plan’s energy sector roadmap for governments could best be applied to African contexts.

Background:

In May 2018 through the signing of an MoU, the AUC and IEA agreed to work together to realize shared goals of supporting enhanced energy security, energy statistics, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable economic development in Africa. As part of this coordinated effort, the AUC Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid, and IEA Executive Director, Dr. Fatih Birol, agreed to co-host a summit in Africa in 2019 to address electricity and clean-cooking access, power market interconnectivity, infrastructure development and energy sector investment in Africa.

The first annual Forum took place on June 12, 2019. The Forum provided critical inputs into the IEA’s 2019 Special Report on Africa for the World Energy Outlook as well as contributed to tracking and analysing progress towards achieving SDG 7. The Forum also contributed to ongoing efforts to realise targets set out in Africa’s Agenda 2063 for a Prosperous Africa Based on Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development starting with its 10-year implementation plan.

Media representatives are invited to attend and cover the Ministerial Forum, as well as the Press Conference @ 16:15 hrs (Paris time)

· Journalists will be allowed to ask questions directly online. If you have a question send your name and the name of your media house to WhatsApp # (+251 911 63 0631), or to the following emails (Merve.ERDEM@iea.org and Molalett@africa-union.org) and they will be taken by the moderator.

· Colleagues who cannot ask questions directly online should send their questions to the same number or email addresses.

For further information contact

Mrs. Esther Azaa Tankou | Head of Information Division | Directorate of Information and Communication, African Union Commission | Mobile: +251911361185 | E-mail: yamboue@africa-union.org
Mr. Gamal Eldin Ahmed A. Karrar | Senior Communication Officer | Directorate of Information and Communication, African Union Commission | E-mail: GamalK@africa-union.org
press@iea.org
Media@dmre.gov.za / mediadesk@energy.gov.za