Category: Press release
ARE re-elects Alexis Rehbinder as President and welcomes three new Board Members at its General Meeting
1 July 2024, Brussels – The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) recently held its Ordinary General Meeting, where Alexis Rehbinder (GDS International) was re-elected as President. Additionally, three new Board Members were elected: Gillian-Alexandre Huart (ENGIE Energy Access), Maud Watelet […]
Major commitments and new partnerships for electricity access across Africa announced at EAIF 2024
Lagos, 28 May 2024 – This year’s edition of the ARE Energy Access Investment Forum (EAIF), held in Lagos on 21-23 May 2024 saw major announcements from governments, renewable energy investors and developers and acted as a catalyst to increase […]
EAIF 2024 to gather investors and leaders in Lagos
Lagos, 6 May 2024 – Investors and leaders in the decentralised renewable energy (DRE) sector from across the world will converge in Lagos, Nigeria on 21-23 May 2024 for the premier annual event in the industry – the ARE Energy […]
Battery recycling: cooperation between Nigeria and Germany launched
Joint press release by Oeko-Institut, Alliance for Rural Electrification, SRADev Nigeria und Platform Lead Improving battery recycling in Nigeria, raising labour and environmental standards, and establishing sustainable trade flows for raw materials – these are the declared aims of the […]
EU Green Power Transformation Forum to spearhead dialogue on adopting renewable energy solutions in Eswatini
Ezulwini, 14 November 2023 – The European Union (EU) Delegation to the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), GET.invest and GET.transform are thrilled to invite clean energy stakeholders to the EU Green Power Transformation Forum on 20-21 November […]
Alliance for Rural Electrification appoints Camille Andre-Bataille & Christophe Poline as Vice Presidents
Brussels, 26 October 2023 – The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) is pleased to announce significant changes to its governance body with the appointment of Camille Andre-Bataille and Christophe Poline as Vice Presidents of the Board, serving under the leadership of […]
ARE & KAS unveil new study on Green Renewable Job Creation in West Africa
Accra, 17 October 2023 – The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS), presents their latest study, “Catalysing Green Rural Job Creation with Decentralised Renewable Energies in West Africa.” The global shift towards renewable energy solutions […]
Burundi’s Minister of Energy calls for collaboration to increase energy production at the Burundi Renewable Energy Access Days (BREAD 2023)
In his opening speech, H.E. Ibrahim Uwizeye, Minister of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines, called for greater collaboration to meet Burundi’s energy needs and vision. Bujumbura, 5 October 2023 – The second edition of the Burundi Renewable Energy Access Days (BREAD), from […]
Empowering Burundi’s energy future: the second edition of the Burundi Renewable Energy Access Days is back in Bujumbura
Bujumbura, 29 September 2023 — In a concerted effort to advance Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG-7) coupled with SDG 13 and to accelerate universal access to electricity in Burundi, leading organisations are once again uniting to present the second edition of […]
ARE Elects Alexis Rehbinder as President and Announces Two New Board Members
Brussels, 17 May 2023 – The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) held its annual General Assembly on 17 May 2023. During the meeting, ARE Members elected two new Board Members, namely Ieva Indriunaite (Camco) and Lynne Wesonga (CrossBoundary) and re-elected […]