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African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) - Kenya


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[top] [end]Contact details

Physical address: FWD House, Elgeyo Marakwet Close
Postal Address: P.O. Box 30979, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya.
Telephone: +254 2 566023/ 571467/ 573714/ 560403
Fax: +254 2 561464/566231/3740524
Email: StephenK@... OR skarekezi@...
Website: www.afrepren.org

[top] [end]Main contact person

Mr Stephen Karekezi (Director)

[top] [end]Background, mission and goals

[top] [end]Description of Organisation

The African Energy Policy Research Network, AFREPREN, initiated in 1987, brings together 106 African energy researchers and policy makers from Africa who have a long-term interest in energy research and the attendant policy-making process. AFREPREN has initiated policy research studies in 19 African countries namely: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. AFREPREN also maintains close collaborative links with energy researchers and policy makers from Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Senegal.

[top] [end]Objectives

The key objective of AFREPREN is to strengthen local research capacity and to harness it in the service of energy policy making and planning. AFREPREN is a collective regional response to the widespread concern over the weak link between energy research and the formulation and implementation of energy policy in Africa.

[top] [end]Approach, organisational programmes and activities:

Conducting policy oriented research in a number of theme areas, including
  • Renewables and Energy for Rural Development: Options for the provision of modern energy services to low-income rural areas of Africa with special emphasis on commercial /services/productive uses of energy.
  • Energy Services for the Urban Poor: Initiatives for providing least-cost clean energy services to the urban poor households and small-scale enterprises.
  • Energy Sector Reform: The impact of reforms on the region's power sector.
  • Special Studies of Strategic Significance for the Energy Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa: New and emerging issues and trends on energy, energy investments and their implications for the African energy sector.

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