Conakry: The National Electricity and Water Supply Company (ECOWAS), through the National Water and Electricity Programme (ROGEAP) and with the support of the World Bank, is organising a workshop on universal access to electricity.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its regional project on access to electricity (ROGEAP), launched a multi-stakeholder workshop in Conakry on Tuesday 24 March 2026, focusing on the challenges and opportunities of financing the energy transition in Guinea.
Over the course of three days, institutional, technical and financial stakeholders will receive training on tax incentives to promote solar energy, financing mechanisms to stimulate private investment, and stakeholder dialogue to improve the implementation of projects in rural areas.
The ROGEAP-Guinea focal point, Dembaduno Albert Saa, a renewable energy engineer, reiterated that the initiative aims to improve the living conditions of communities living far from the national grid. He emphasised the need to build the capacity of those involved in rural electrification and to develop partnerships with businesses, NGOs and national agencies.
For his part, the project team leader, Mr Diabira, highlighted that nearly 600 million Africans lack access to electricity, including 300 million in West Africa. In Guinea, the majority of rural areas remain without electricity. According to him, off-grid solutions are essential and have already been successfully implemented elsewhere, notably in Bangladesh and southern Africa.
To encourage local businesses, the ‘ECOWAS’ and its partners also launched a competition on 16 March to support initiatives in the field of renewable energy, with a view to effectively meeting the energy needs of local communities.
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