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11:22 CAT | 30 Sep 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled a €545 million Team Europe package to accelerate Africa's clean energy transition. This announcement, made via video at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, is an important milestone in the ‘Scaling Up Renewables in Africa' campaign, co-hosted with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. [Screengrab: Global Citizen Impact/X]
The European Commission will provide €545 million to accelerate the transition to clean energy in Africa, of which €13 million will go to Mozambique to support low-emission energy transition and encourage private sector involvement.
“The choices Africa makes today are shaping the future of the entire world. A clean energy transition on the continent will create jobs, stability, growth and the delivery of our global climate goals. The European Union, with the Global Gateway investment plan, is fully committed to supporting Africa on its clean energy path,” said President von der Leyen when announcing the funding by Team Europe on Sunday.
Mozambique is the only Portuguese-speaking African country included and will receive €13 million to “support the transition to low-emission energy and encourage private sector participation”.
In Brussels’ view, Africa’s renewable energy potential ” is huge, yet nearly 600 million people still live without access to electricity”, so “how this clean energy transition unfolds will play a big role in shaping future development, regional stability, and progress on climate change”.
The European Union’s support for the energy transition in Africa , investment in solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy is therefore ‘not just a moral and development imperative, it is also a strategic choice that strengthens supply chains’,the document added, with the potential to create up to 38 million green jobs by 2030, as well as make energy systems more resilient.
Côte d’Ivoire will receive the largest share of funding, almost €360 million, for a high-voltage transmission line to boost regional energy distribution, and €59.1 million will go to Cameroon to electrify 687 communities, home to more than 2.5 million people.
An acceleration of clean energy projects across Africa
Today’s €545 million package expands the EU and Team Europe’s clean energy efforts in Africa, with new projects supporting electrification, modernise power grids, and improve access to renewables.
Projects announced include:
- Côte d’Ivoire (€359.4 million): A high-voltage transmission line (‘Dorsale Est’) to boost regional energy distribution;
- Cameroon (€ 59.1 million): Rural electrification for 687 communities, reaching more than 2.5 million people;
- Republic of Congo (€ 3.5 million): Expanding access to renewable energy sources, including solar, wind and hydropower;
- Lesotho (€25.9 million): Unlocking wind and hydro energy through the Renewable Lesotho programme;
- Ghana (€2 million): Laying the groundwork for a large-scale solar park and regional energy trade;
- Central Africa (€3.3 million):
– A technical assistance mission to the Central African Power Pool (CAPP), (€1.6 million);
– A facility for funding research and infrastructure for the Central African Power Pool (CAPP) (€0.5 million);
– A feasibility study for the Friendship Loop (‘Boucle de l’Amitié’), a cross-border transmission line linking Pointe Noire, Brazzaville and Kinshasa (€1.2 million);
- Madagascar (€ 33.2 million): Expanding electrification with mini grids in rural areas;
- Mozambique (€13 million): Supporting a low-emission energy transition and encouraging private sector involvement;
- Somalia (€45.5 million): Increasing access to affordable renewable energy, advancing circular economy practices, and building climate-resilient agri-food systems.
Scaling up Renewables in Africa campaign
The ‘Scaling Up Renewables in Africa’ campaign is carried out with the international advocacy organisation Global Citizen and relies on the policy support of the International Energy Agency. It aims to drive new commitments on policy and finance from governments, financial institutions, the private sector and philanthropists. They are encouraged to pledge capital or provide support such as expertise and technical assistance. The campaign will conclude with a high-level event around the G20 summit in South Africa, on 22-23 November 2025.
The campaign also keeps the momentum more broadly towards the ambitious targets of tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency worldwide, set at COP28.
In early October, the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels will bring together governments, financial institutions, and private sector leaders to provide additional support for Africa’s clean energy transition. This momentum will carry into the G20 Summit in Johannesburg. World leaders and investors will come together to commit to the partnerships and financing needed to power Africa’s renewable future.
Europe stands side by side with Africa on its clean energy path.
Glad to announce a new Team Europe package of €545 million for renewables in Africa.
it’s a big milestone in our campaign with South Africa supported by civil society org. @GlblCtzn
Next up: the G20 Summit!
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) September 28, 2025
When Africa thrives, the world thrives.
So Europe and South Africa, with civil society organisations such as @GlblCtzn, are ‘Scaling up Renewables in Africa’.
It’s the final stretch of our campaign to mobilise investment.
See you soon at the G20 Summit. https://t.co/BVXLlZNtV7
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) September 24, 2025
Source: Lusa / EU Reporter
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