About RES4Africa - Res4Africa

A little more about us

Born in 2012, RES4Africa (Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa) is a Foundation that works in support of Africa’s just energy transition in order to achieve the SDG7, ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. It functions as a bridge between Europe and Africa: gathering a network of members from all over the clean energy sector from both continents and high-level international partnerships, we ensure constant dialogue between the most relevant energy stakeholders willing to mobilise investments in clean energy technologies.

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Partnerships World-wide

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People Trained

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Countries

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Published Studies

Regional Programmes

RES4Med

A leading platform for public-private dialogue in light of the renewable energy potential and growing energy demand of Southern-Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC)

Regional Programmes

Sub-Saharan Programme

A Programme dedicated to support the just energy transformation of Sub-Saharan Africa’s countries

Regional Programmes

Southern Africa Programme

Country-focus: A Just Energy Transition for South Africa

Strategic Programmes

Grids4Africa

A programme to support the development of electricity networks in Africa

Strategic Programmes

Missing Link

An initiative to provide policy and regulatory support for effective private sector participation in Africa’s electricity infrastructure development

Strategic Programmes

renewAfrica

A private sector initiative for an effective de-risking EU instrument to scale up RES deployment in Africa

Strategic Programmes

Access to Energy

A programme aiming at supporting knowledge development and on-field solutions to foster sustainable access to renewable energies in the African continent

Training Programmes

RES4Africa Academy

Strategic programme of RES4Africa aiming to offer a complete set of training and capacity-building initiatives covering widespread and diversified needs with a homogeneous approach

Strategic Programmes

Green Hydrogen Working Group

A working group dedicated to foster knowledge and technical capacity in Africa's green hydrogen sector.

Our Pillars

Advocate

for the opportunities and benefits of clean energy investments in order to become the backbone of a prosperous Africa

Analyse

solutions to expand energy access and mobilise clean energy investments to inform evidence-based decision-making towards the achievement of SDG7

Train

individuals and institutions to build the human capital necessary for leading the sustainable transformation of Africa’s electricity sectors

Support

the adoption of sustainable solutions to answer to Africa’s electricity needs

Our Values

Thanks to its nature and activities, RES4Africa brings unique value added:
A transparent and honest broker to build dialogue between private and public actors in Europe and Africa;
A think-tank channelling the experiences of the leading clean energy technology industry to promote the sustainable transformation of Africa’s electricity sector;
An independent connecting platform for cooperation among the energy industry, development organisations, and energy stakeholders in Europe and in Africa;
A flexible, adaptive, and responsive organisation to support African stakeholders’ needs.

In Depth

Dowload our Brochure Code of Ethics Position Paper

By-Laws Rules of Operation

Our Steering Bodies

Executive Commitee International Advisory Board Youth Task Force

Vision

Africa is a continent in continuous transformation, with a sustained economic and population growth, a fast-paced urbanization and a young generation of talents who is leading its business revolution. This transformation requires energy and will require it even more in the next decades.

Mission

We work towards creating favourable conditions for scaling up investments in clean energy technologies to accelerate Africa’s just energy transition and transformation.

Meet our Team

Professionalism, inclusiveness, transparency: these are some core values of RES4Africa and of the people who are part of it. Our team is made up of professionals from the energy sector with different backgrounds, including engineers, economists, communication and cooperation experts, who every day put their skills and commitment at the service of a single purpose: to guarantee access to energy for all the African continent