This week at the 2nd Africa Climate Summit, the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU) and Germany have launched two flagship programmes to accelerate Africa’s energy access and just transition. The Continental Energy Programme in Africa (CEPA), funded by the EU, and ENGAGE – Engaging for Africa’s Green Energy Transition, funded by Germany, aim to promote the implementation of the African Single Electricity Market and the Continental Power Systems Masterplan. Both initiatives are key elements of the AU Agenda 2063 designed to create a fully integrated, cross-border electricity market across all AU Member States.
GET.transform is proud to contribute to ENGAGE. Through ENGAGE, Germany is combining the expertise of several programmes that have a long track-record in supporting African energy infrastructure development on a continental, regional and political level. This includes the multi-donor platform Global Energy Transformation Programme (GET.pro), which hosts the Secretariat of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP), GET.invest and GET.transform.
Under the ENGAGE programme, GET.transform will continue its targeted technical assistance in advancing a resilient, interconnected, and sustainable African electricity market. Building on the CMP support provided on solar power potential analyses and transmission network planning, GET.transform currently works in partnership with the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) on regional master plan updates. Furthermore, GET.transform helps boost the operationalisation of African electricity markets through supporting the development of emerging markets and the regulatory assessment of new financing approaches like the Independent Power Transmission (IPT) model.
ENGAGE and CEPA build on successful AU–EU collaboration, marking 25 years of partnership this year. Together, they form part of the Africa–EU Green Energy Initiative under the EU’s €150 billion Global Gateway package. By supporting cross-border power trade and renewable energy scale-up, the two new programmes are set to help drive climate-smart growth, strengthen energy security, and advance Africa’s sustainable industrialisation.
Learn more in the full press release.
