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Organisation profiles African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) - Kenya
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
Main contact person Mr Stephen Karekezi (Director)
Background, mission and goals 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.
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.
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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