African Energy Efficiency Alliance

The African Union, through its African Energy Commission (AFREC), officially launched the African Energy Efficiency Programme and the African Energy Efficiency Alliance (AEEA) at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. These initiatives aim to significantly boost energy efficiency across sectors such as power, transport, buildings, agriculture, and clean cooking, contributing to Africa’s clean energy transition, emissions reduction, and energy access goals. The Alliance will serve as a collaborative platform to mobilize knowledge, funding, and technical expertise, with the overarching objective of increasing Africa’s energy productivity by 50% by 2050 and 70% by 2063. The launch marks a major step in aligning Africa’s efforts with the global target to double energy efficiency by 2030.

Activity period	2024–present
Last CoAct update	2025
Web URL	https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20241115/african-union-launches-african-energy-efficiency-programme-and-african-energy
Output effectiveness	0.12
Accountability Index	0.17
Inclusiveness Index	0.30
Capacity Index	0.29
Num. actors	1
Functions	Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Technical implementation, Institutional capacity building, Standards and norms, Campaigning, Funding, Policy planning
SDGs
Themes	energy
Policy focus	Mainly mitigation
Sectors	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Implementation countries