Today, 8 students from the Master in Sustainability and Energy Management at Bocconi University (MASEM) presented the final results of the Bocconi field project.

RES4Africa has taken a proactive stance on the role played by youth in Africa's energy transition, carving its projects and initiatives around the needs of the young generations thanks to the actions belonging to the foundation’s youth workstream.

Among them, the field project with Bocconi University stands out as one of the earliest instances: for the second time, a team of students from Bocconi’s MASEM Master worked closely on selected research topics with experts from RES4Africa and its network. In 2023, their objective was to apply the analytical framework of the What Does It Take to Accelerate Renewable Energy  Investments in  Africa? study, and the Missing Link initiative, to regulation regarding private investment in the generation of renewable energy. The students collected data from 4 selected countries:  Mozambique, Namibia, Niger and Tunisia.

Finally, the participating youths identified key recommendations to increase the openness, attractiveness, and readiness of the considered RE-related regulatory frameworks, which were presented today before the experts who supported the project.

Such a task was carried out with the collaboration and mentorship of experts from RES4Africa's network (UNECA, Enel Foundation, Enel Green Power, Enel Infrastructures & Network, and AFRY).