by Eng. Abel Didier TELLA , Director General, APUA

abel.tella@apua-asea.org

www.apua-asea.org

1. What is APUA

2. APUA achievements

3. Focus on African Energy Potentials

4. The status of the African power sector

5. APUA’s cohesive strategy for the development and integration of the African Power sector

6. Conclusion

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APUA stands for the Association of Power Utilities of Africa. It is also known in French as ASEA (Association des Sociétés d’Electricité d’Afrique).

An international non-profit organisation created in 1970 by African Power Utilities with its headquaters in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire.

Formerly known as UPDEA (Union of Producers. Transporters and Distributors of Electric Power in Africa).

In 2012 after almost 42 years of existence, UPDEA’s member Utilities decided to implement the recommendations of a five year Strategic Action Plan (SAP) in order to : • rejuvenate the Union • make it more consistent with the current environment of the

African power sector • make it more responsive to the aspirations of its member • new branding the organization with a change of name

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The vision of APUA is to be the primary catalyst of the access to electricity for all the people of Africa in the years to come.

Its mission of APUA is: To bring together African power utilities and stakeholders towards making power more accessible, affordable and reliable for the African people.

Its core values are : Integrity

Transparency

Responsibility

Excellence

Trust

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APUA has 54 active members in 43 African countries

APUA is one of the specialized institutions of the African Union Commission (AUC).

APUA is a permanent member of the Executive Council of the African Energy Commission AFREC.

APUA is a permanent member of the Executive Committee and the Management Committee of the African Electrotechnical Standardisation Commission (AFSEC) that it created in 2008 upon request of the AUC

APUA has a privileged partnership with the African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the NEPAD planning and coordination Agency, etc.

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Creation in 1979 of the IEEC: Interafrican Electrical Engineers College in Bingerville (Côte d’Ivoire), a high level school that has trained until 2001 more than 250 Engineers, electro mechanical, bilingual.

Interconnection studies for west and central African countries.

Promotion of a number of partnerships with international energy and power organizations

Creation of African Regional Power Pools (namely PEAC and EAPP) in interaction with the Regional Economic Communities and the

setting up of the Consultative Forum of the African Regional Power Pools in coordination with AFREC and the AUC

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To address the performance issues faced by the African power utilities due to the lack of human resources in quality and quantity, APUA has launched the idea of creating the African Network of Centres of Excellence in Electricity(ANCEE)

4 centres have been recongnized as centres of excellence: Eskom Academedy of Learning (Eskom, South Africa), Kafue Gorge Regional Training Centre (ZESCO, Zambia), Institut de Formation en Electricité et Gaz (SONELGAZ, Algeria) Centre des Sciences et Techniques de l’Electricité (ONEE, Morocco).

Components of the project: • Establishing of the network and its executive and governance bodies • Network operation • Training for skills in the electricity sector (plan to training 9700 persons of which

30% ladies, 30% courses related to Renewable energies and provision for scolarships for fragile countries)

• Promoting new Centers of Excellence: 4 more centers are expected before the end of the project period 2015-2018

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Comprises 54 sovereign states

About 30.2 Km², greater than China,

USA, Europe, India and Japan

combined

World 2nd most populous continent

with population dobling to 2 billion in

2050

African economies poised to grow

on average of 6% for the last decade

Africa is the continent of paradoxes as an energy giant but an electric dwarf :

10% of global hydropower potential of which only 8% are operated

8% of world oil reserves (36% in Libya and 28% in Nigeria)

7% of natural gas reserves (35% in Nigeria and 31% in Algeria)

17% of uranium reserves

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15% of the geothermal potential

4% of coal reserves (92% in Southern Africa)

the world's largest solar potential and significant reserves of biomass with 60% of uncultivated arable land in the world

And every year, new natural resources deposits are being found.

Unfortunately this great potential is not converted into available electrical energy to meet the huge demand.

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The average electrification rate for all Africa is 43% against 70 to 100% in major developing countries. In sub-Saharan : barely exceeds 32%.

For urban areas the rate is 72% for Africa

Per region: NORTH AFRICA : 98 to 99.4%

SOUTHERN AFRICA : 8-78%

WEST AFRICA : 5 to 76%

CENTRAL AFRICA : 3-45%

EASTERN AFRICA : 5 to 40%

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REGION (*) Number of countries (**) Interconnected

countries (***)

Rate of

Integration

1 NORTHERN AFRICA 5 5 100%

2 WESTERN AFRICA 15 (1) 10 67%

3 CENTRAL AFRICA 9 (2) 4 44%

4 SOUTHERN AFRICA 10 (3) 8 80%

5 EASTERN AFRICA 9 6 66%

TOTAL 48 30 71%

(*) Geographical division, not political

(**) Not including the islands (***) Not including medium voltage lines

(1) Including Mauritania

(2) Including Rwanda and Burundii

(3) Including Angola

(4) Not including the islands

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MOROCCO

ALGERIA

TUNISIA

LIBYA

EGYPT

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150 kV

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Projet

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MAURITANIE

SENEGAL

GAMBIE

GUINEE

BISSAU

MALI

GUINEE

SIERRA

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COTE

D’IVOIRE

BURKINA FASO

GHANA

TOGO

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MAURITANIA

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BISSAU

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SOUDAN

OUGANDA KENYA

TANZANIA

ETHIOPIA 245 kV

132 kV

400 kV

ZAMBIA

SAPP

330 kV

ERYTHREA

DJIBOUTI

SOMALIA

Projet

Existant

WAPP

NIGERIA

CAMEROON

GABON

CABINDA

(ANGOLA)

CONGO

BRAZZA

CENTRAFRIC

(CAR)

CHAD

ZAMBIA

DR

CONGO

RWANDA

BURUNDI

132 kV

400 Kv/ 330kV

EQUATORIAL

GUINEA 400kV/330 kV

400kV/330 kV

132 kV

220 kV

220 kV

Projet

Existant

400 Kv/ 330kV

ANGOLA

NAMIBIA BOTSWANA

R.S.A

DRC 400 kV

220 kV

ZIMBABWE

ZAMBIA

MOZAMBIQUE

Projet

Existant

LESOTHO SWAZILAND

MALAWI

TANZANIA

400 kV

132 kV

27

5 k

V

220 kV

330 k

V

220 kV

400 kV

330 kV

132 kV

275 kV

535 kV Direct Courant

400 kV

400 kV

400 kV

Energy resources not equally spread throughout the continent,

APUA was initially mandated to facilitate , promote:

the realization of interconnection of national Electricity networks within neighbor countries in West and Central Africa

the setting up of regional Power pools where necessary, in close relationships with Regional Economic Communities.

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APUA initiated an MOU signed with all existing Power Pools and the AFREC in Lusaka in 2005, and in conformity with the Declaration on «the common vision and strategic framework for a continental policy of the African electricity sector »

The forum of the African regional power pools was set with APUA as coordinator

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APUA was unanimously backed by the sector’s stakeholders to facilitate the harmonization and facilitation of trans border interconnector projects, regional power master plans and exchanges of data and experiences.

The final objective being an all African interconnected power system to allow load flow from North to South, from Central to West and East of the Continent, etc.

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PIDA

To redress areas of disabilities and accelerate the development of energy infrastructure in Africa => Interaction AU, NEPAD Agency and AfDB) to formulate the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA): development planning of transport infrastructure, Energy, Information and communication and trans boundary waters until 2040.

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PIDA

For energy, it aims to provide access to electricity to at least 60% of the African population by that date, which implies an annual growth of 6.2% in the energy sector and an annual investment of 40.5 billion US dollars.

Today, the AUC is clamming the harmonization and federation of all initiatives on the continent

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APUA’s cohesive strategy for the development

and cooperation among Power Pools through

the coordination of the Forum facilitates

increasing consultations among stakeholders.

SECTOR REFORM

Regional regulatory bodies should give effect to the private sector and open guaranteed equal opportunities.

States should create an enabling environment for investment.

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FINANCING THE SECTOR

mobilization of funding conditionalities from traditional donors and associated procedures should be relaxed to reflect the urgent concerns of regional market development.

Bilateral and sovereign pension funds are been explored. Among other launched iniatives, the President of AfDB came out with the new deal for energy in Africa concept and there is great hope to have noticeable progress toward integration

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MERCI THANK YOU GRACIAS OBRIGADO

спасибо

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