West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit

26 - 27 January 2027

Labadi Beach Hotel

Under the theme Building Regional Resilience, the third annual West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit (WAECS) will bring together the 16 countries of West Africa and its neighbours in productive discussions on how the region and the public and private sector can work in collaboration to unleash its energy potential

West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit 2027

Accra, Ghana

Under the theme Building Regional Resilience, the third annual West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit (WAECS) will bring together the 16 countries of West Africa and its neighbours in productive discussions on how the region and the public and private sector can work in collaboration to unleash its energy potential.

The Ghana Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has announced its official patronage of and participation in the West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit 2027.

“Hosting WAECS reflects Ghana’s enduring commitment to regional energy cooperation, sustainable development and just energy transition, The Summit provides a strategic platform to mobilise investment and deepen collaboration across West Africa in line with the ECOWAS Integration agenda and Ghana’s own vision of becoming a regional hub.

WAECS offers an exceptional opportunity for both local and international stakeholders to explore emerging energy investment prospects in renewables, gas to power, regional interconnectivity and digitalisation while facilitating new partnerships and strengthening existing alliances. Bringing together such a diverse and influential energy community under one roof will help galvanise action towards concrete transformational outcomes for the sector.

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Senegal sets $690m against 6,471 villages still without electricity

Senegal’s energy minister told a briefing in Dakar on 1 October that the state will invest close to 400 billion CFA francs to electrify 6,471 localities by 2029. The commitment follows a September in which Dakar lost around 200MW from a single plant failure during a heatwave.

What Guinea’s €269.5m from EBID adds to a grid that already exports

Guinea signed three loan agreements worth €269.5 million with the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development in Conakry on 10 September, covering health, transport and energy. The country already sells 1,174GWh a year into Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau under bilateral contracts.

ECG’s private sector participation moves to procurement, with concessions due by June 2027

Ghana has appointed a transaction adviser to procure concessionaires for the Electricity Company of Ghana, with awards expected by June 2027, according to the IMF’s latest review. The state keeps ownership of the network, and the private role is billing, metering and revenue collection rather than a sale.

Shell and Chevron sign MoU for Ghana’s South Deepwater Tano block

Ghana has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell and Chevron covering exploration and production rights over the South Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block, including the appraisal of the existing Nyankom discovery as the country seeks to revive upstream investment.

West Africa’s regional electricity market enters its first full trading year in January

The grids are synchronised, all fourteen continental countries are connected and two national utilities have already moved into surplus by buying across a border. What has not been tested is whether a market with no new generation behind it can keep clearing. The West African Power Pool and the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority now […]

Tech & Power Generation

Azura Power buys into Enpower with ‘significant long-term ambitions for South Africa’

Azura Power, which runs 752MW of generation across three African markets, has taken a majority stake in Enpower Trading, its first investment in South Africa. Enpower holds a NERSA trading licence and has provided wheeling services in George since 2022 and in Cape Town since 2024.

Four hundred megawatts to Kenya from December, double Ethiopia’s current supply

Ethiopian Electric Power is preparing to raise exports to Kenya from 200MW to 400MW from December, with a joint technical committee running trials before the higher volumes flow. Ethiopia already supplies Djibouti, Sudan and Tanzania, the last on a pilot basis through Kenya.

What does a 100 million barrel release mean for Africa’s diesel bill?

G7 members agreed on 2 October to release 100 million barrels of diesel, petrol and crude from emergency reserves over four months, with a front-loaded diesel release in the first twenty days. Brent eased to around $100.8, but the fuel African importers buy most will take longer to reach their pumps.

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