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EU-Africa Business Forum: High Level Green Talk on “Accelerating the EU-Africa Partnership for Green Energy Transition in Africa”

Join the High Level Green Talk on “Accelerating the EU-Africa Partnership for Green Energy Transition in Africa” on April 16.

Advancing the Europe-Africa partnership on sustainable energy is key to ensure the achievement of the African Union Agenda 2063 and the European Green Deal as well as an important milestone to support an inclusive and sustainable economic recovery from COVID-19.

On April 16, 2021 high-level representatives from the public and private sector will convene to explore how to stimulate the investments needed on the African continent to develop energy systems for sustainable development and achieve universal energy access in line with SDG7 and the UN Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

The event will feature keynote addresses from:

● Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission;

● Augusto Santos Silva, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Portugal;

● Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President, European Commission.

The event is hosted by the European Commission, the African Union Commission and the Portuguese Presidency of the European Council, and co-organised with the support of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership and the Africa Europe Foundation.

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