- GEAPP commits $50 million to promote the African Energy Transition
- Damilola Ogunbiyi, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sustainable Energy for ALL, acknowledges GEAPP’s funding.
- The funds will aid UEF’s expansion of mini-grids in Benin, Sierra Leone and Madagascar.
The Global Energy Alliance for People and the Planet (GEAPP) has committed $50 million to long-term cooperation with the Sustainable Energy for All platform to promote energy transition programs in Africa. In contrast, the UK’s Energy Catalyst has invested in green energy in emerging countries.
As part of its multi-year commitment to Sustainable Energy for All, the Alliance has confirmed that $50 million will be distributed (SEforALL). The additional funds will help countries like Madagascar, Sierra Leone, and Benin enhance energy access and support renewable energy transitions.
“We are delighted to have this major support from the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet to Sustainable Energy for All and our work to ensure clean, affordable, and sufficient energy for everyone,” UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sustainable Energy for ALL, Damilola Ogunbiyi said.
“This funding helps build on our existing work of delivering new clean energy connections at scale and ensuring no one is left behind in the global energy transition.”
The money will expand the Universal Energy Facility (UEF), which was established in 2020 to help scale up energy access in Africa by deploying renewable energy mini-grids in Madagascar, Sierra Leone, and Benin. The new financing will aid in expanding the UEF to other African countries and building mini-grids.
The Alliance’s chief executive Simon Harford said: “As the champion of SDG7 and a key partner of the Alliance, SEforALL is integral to our work helping countries achieve universal access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable electricity. Together with our partner nations across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, our integrated approach to country-led programs, results-based financing, and global advocacy will substantially impact this critical decade of action.”