Africa’s potential in terms of renewable energies is estimated at 310 Giga-Watts (GW), according to Hatem Fellah, Principal Agronomist at the African Development Bank (ADB) speaking in Dakar on Dakar.”Africa’s potential for renewable energy is estimated at 310 GW. In order to support the harnessing of such potential, the AfDB has initiated several projects including the Fund for Sustainable Energy in Africa (SEFA) and the Strategic Climate Fund”, Fellah said.

He was speaking at the opening of a subregional exchange meeting on domestic and renewable energies in the Sahel region, organized by the Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) within the framework of the Regional Program for Building Resilience to Food and Nutrition Insecurity in the Sahel (P2RS).

Opening the three-day workshop, Cheikh Dieng, the permanent secretary of the ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) said that it is no longer a secret, without energy services, sustainable development goals cannot be reached.