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Addis Ababa Ethiopia
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Phone: +251 1 51 77 00
Fax: +251 1 51 78 44
Email: dinfrastructure@africa-union.org
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inter alia, to rid the continent of the remaining vestiges of colonization and apartheid; to promote unity and solidarity among African States; to coordinate and intensify cooperation for development; to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States and to promote international cooperation within the framework of the United Nations

The Commissions Directorate for infrastructure and Energy adds the connection between environmental issues and activities in the area of transport and energy but no concrete activities are mentioned

For the Commissions Directorate on Human Resources, Science and Technologies one field of interest is the research on RE

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in addition to plans connected with the energy supply and transmission the support of RE, especially hydro- and solar power are mentioned as goal in this area; planned RE activities: a task force to recommend priorities and implementation strategies for regional projects, including hydropower generation, transmission grids and gas pipelines; to establish a task team to accelerate the development of energy supply to low-income housing; to broaden the scope of the programme for biomass energy conservation from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to the rest of the continent

1. Actor:

   International and regional organisations

2. Sector:

   Biomass, Photovoltaics, Renewable energy (general)

3. Activity:

   Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe