AU Initiated African Single Electricity Market in Progress

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The remarks were made at the High-Level Technical Meeting on AfSEM and the African Continental Power System Master Plan on Monday at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 The African Single Electricity Market (AfSEM), a continental energy trading program aiming to interconnect all 55- African Union (AU) members through an efficient and affordable electricity market, is well in progress.

The remarks were made at the High-Level Technical Meeting on AfSEM and the African Continental Power System Master Plan on Monday at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Speaking at the event, Kamugisha Kazaura, director of infrastructure and energy at the AU Commission, said the institutional and operational foundation has been laid for a unified African electricity market, which delivers clean, reliable, and affordable power to every corner of the continent.

Activities are progressing well to define a common path forward to address critical technical and regulatory gaps and explore continental strategies for renewable energy deployment, trading, and manufacturing, Kazaura added.

Noting that more than 600 million Africans are still without access to electricity, Kazaura called for urgent and sustainable action to meet Africa’s rapidly growing energy demand through the full implementation of the AfSEM.

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