AfricaEnergyParks Hosts National Forum on Microgrids and Minigrids for Off-Grid Electrification in Ghana

The AfricaEnergyParks (AEP) Consortium, in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition (MoEn&GT) and the Forestry Commission (FC), hosted the National Forum on Microgrids and Minigrids for Off-Grid Electrification in Ghana. Held at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, in Accra, on February 18, the event brought together stakeholders from across the…

Consortium gathers for the 4th General Assembly of AfricaEnergyParks

The 4th General Assembly of the AfricaEnergyParks (AEP) took place on 18 February 2026 in a hybrid model (both on-site in Accra and online) to assess the project’s progress and the ongoing efforts to enhance energy access and climate resilience in Africa’s rural communities. The assembly brought together consortium partners to discuss the way forward…

Newsletter #3 | Making Microgrids Affordable in Rural Africa

In February, we proudly released the third edition of the AfricaEnergyParks Newsletter, highlighting the hybrid microgrid vision behind the project. This edition features an insightful piece by Zahra Esfahani, Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, on the main barrier in many rural African communities: not the absence of clean-energy technologies, but the difficulty of deploying and…