Johannesburg — The African Vitality Fee (AFREC) has concluded a three-day technical coaching workshop in South Africa aimed toward enhancing the nation’s capability to compile and handle complete nationwide vitality statistics, a major step towards strengthening vitality knowledge administration in Southern Africa.
Held from 30 July to 1 August 2025, the coaching focused nationwide focal factors and key stakeholders in South Africa’s vitality and environmental sectors, together with representatives from the Division of Electrical energy and Vitality (DEE), the South African Nationwide Vitality Improvement Institute (SANEDI), and the Division of Forestry, Fisheries and the Atmosphere (DFFE). Of the 20 individuals, 12 have been ladies, underlining a gender-inclusive strategy to capability constructing.
The workshop targeted on the Vitality Steadiness Questionnaire–one of AFREC’s 4 core knowledge assortment instruments, together with others on vitality effectivity, costs and taxes, and energy plant capacity–critical for growing correct nationwide vitality balances and feeding into the continental Africa Vitality Data System (AEIS). The initiative is a part of AFREC’s broader technique to help African Union member states in constructing and sustaining Nationwide Vitality Data Methods (NEIS) that inform coverage and planning at each nationwide and continental ranges.
“Dependable vitality knowledge is important for knowledgeable decision-making and efficient coverage implementation throughout Africa,” stated Ms. Salome Maheya, Senior Coverage Officer for Vitality Statistics at AFREC, talking on behalf of the Government Director Rashid Ali Abdallah. “South Africa, as one among Africa’s main economies, performs a pivotal position in guaranteeing that the continent’s vitality knowledge panorama displays the fact on the bottom.”
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AFREC developed specialised coaching modules in 2023, validated by technical consultants and regional coordinators, which fashioned the idea for the hands-on classes. These included sensible workouts and case research designed to reinforce technical understanding of vitality knowledge inputs and compilation processes.
South Africa has beforehand confronted challenges in finishing the Vitality Steadiness Questionnaire. This workshop, in accordance with Mr. Robert Kwinda from the Division of Electrical energy and Vitality, represents a turning level. “This coaching isn’t just about enhancing reporting–it’s about strengthening South Africa’s means to contribute to a dependable continental vitality database. It additionally allows us to align with worldwide requirements and higher inform our home vitality insurance policies, emissions monitoring, and forecasting.”
The workshop highlights rising regional cooperation round vitality statistics, in help of Africa’s broader targets for sustainable growth, carbon emissions monitoring, and vitality safety.
For extra info, please contact:
Government Director | African Vitality Fee (AFREC) | African Union |
e-mail: afrec@africanunion.org | Tel: +213 23 45 91 98 | https://www.au-afrec.org | Algiers | Algeria | Observe Us: Fb | Twitter | LinkedIn
George Sichinga | Communication Officer | African Vitality Fee (AFREC) | African Union | E-mail: SichingaG@africanunion.org | Tel: +213 23 45 91 98 | https://www.au-afrec.org | Algiers | Algeria | Observe Us: Fb | Twitter | LinkedIn
