Who is AFREPREN/FWD

AFREPREN/FWD is a registered Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Nairobi, Kenya, with vast expertise on energy in East and Southern Africa and some experience in West and North Africa.

AFREPREN/FWD, brings together over 300 African energy researchers and policy makers from Africa who have a long-term interest in energy research and the attendant policy-making process. AFREPREN/FWD 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/FWD also maintains close collaborative links with energy researchers and policy makers from Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Senegal.

AFREPREN/FWD has a separate consultancy arm registered as African Energy Policy Research Network Limited.

Objective

The key objective of the Energy, Environment and Development Network for Africa (AFREPREN/FWD) is to strengthen local research capacity and to harness it in the service of energy policy making and planning . Initiated in 1987, AFREPREN/FWD 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.

Who Sets the Agenda of AFREPREN/FWD?

AFREPREN/FWD members decide on the structure, direction and mode of operation of the Network. A Secretariat, established in Nairobi, Kenya, coordinates the research program of AFREPREN/FWD and provides the requisite administrative and technical support.