ECOWAS officially launches ROGEAP project activities in Liberia and Mauritania.

ECOWAS officially launches the activities of its Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) in Liberia and Mauritania.

Renewable energy stakeholders from Liberia and Mauritania took part in the official launch of the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP). The launches took place respectively on Thursday June 08 in Monrovia, Liberia, and on Monday June 12 in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, in the presence of experts from the Ministries in charge of Energy, private and public sector stakeholders including civil society organizations, NGOs, the media and commercial banks from Liberia and Mauritania.

The aim of these two national workshops is to present the ROGEAP project to the stakeholders involved, to raise awareness of off-grid solar PV technologies, and to set up a regulatory framework conducive to the development of the off-grid solar PV market in Liberia and Mauritania.

In Monrovia, the workshop to launch the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) in Liberia was opened by Mr Kelvin GRUGBAYE, Director Energy Effi-ciency and Environment, representing the Liberian Minister of Mines and Energy, in the presence of Her Excellency Madame Joséphine NKRUMAH, ECOWAS Resident Representative in Liberia, the World Bank Representative in Liberia and Mr Arnaud KOUADIO BA, ROGEAP Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, representing ECOWAS Commissioner Sédiko Douka in charge of Infrastructure, Energy and Digitization. Arnaud KOUADIO BA, ROGEAP Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, representing Commissioner Sédiko Douka in charge of Infrastructure, Energy and Digitization for ECOWAS.

In Nouakchott, the workshop in Mauritania was chaired by Mr. Ahmed Salem BOUHEDA, Secretary General of the Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy, in the presence of Mr. Elhadji SYLLA, Senior Advisor to ROGEAP, representing the ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitization, Sédiko Douka.

ROGEAP is implemented by the ECOWAS Commission and the West African Development Bank (BOAD). Its aim is to increase access to sustainable electricity services in the 15 ECOWAS member states and 4 other African countries (Mauritania, Central African Republic, Chad and Cameroon) for households, commercial enterprises and public health and education infrastructures, using solar systems. The USD 338.7 million project is financed by the World Bank, the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Dutch Cooperation (DGIS).