National launch of the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) in Cameroon: the project extends its activities to Central African countries
The Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) officially started its activities this Friday, August 18, 2023 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It was during an awareness-raising workshop whose work saw the participation of representatives of the ECOWAS Commission, the Ministry in charge of Water and Energy of Cameroon, the World Bank and the parties private and public sector stakeholders including civil society organizations, professional associations, media, NGOs and commercial banks in Cameroon.
During this workshop, participants had the opportunity to follow a presentation on the implementation mechanism of the ROGEAP project at the level of the 19 Member States concerned by this initiative, which are the 15 ECOWAS countries and 4 others from the sub-Saharan Africa: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Mauritania. This workshop also made it possible to sensitize the actors on solar PV technologies (off-grid) to facilitate the establishment of a regulatory framework favorable to the development of the market for off-grid solar PV products in Cameroon.
In Yaoundé, the work of the workshop was officially launched by Mr. Laurent NGOUIGA, Technical Advisor Number 1, representing the Minister of Water and Energy of Cameroon, in the presence of Mr. Momodou NJIE , Senior Energy Specialist of the World Bank and Mr. Arnaud KOUADIO BA, Monitoring and Evaluation Expert of ROGEAP , representing Commissioner Sédiko Douka in charge of Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalization of ECOWAS.
As a reminder, ROGEAP is implemented by the ECOWAS Commission and the West African Development Bank (BOAD). It aims 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 community infrastructure. public health and education by solar systems. Worth 338.7 million USD, the project is financed by the World Bank, the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Dutch Cooperation (DGIS).
Source: Burkina Information Agency