Benin

The WAPP Secretariat held this Friday, January 27, 2023 its traditional greeting from the staff to the Secretary General for the year 2023.

On February 01, 2023, the Secretary General of the WAPP, Mr. Siengui A.

The WAPP Secretariat welcomed on Thursday, October 27, 2022, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu TOURAY at the construction site of the WAPP ICC (Information and Communication Center) Project. The ECOWAS President took the opportunity of his official visit to Benin to meet with the WAPP Secretariat, which is a specialized institution of ECOWAS.

The WAPP Secretariat received a delegation from the East African Power Pool (EAPP) and the Independent Regulatory Board (IRB) from September 27 - 28, 2022. The Objective of this visit was to study best practice and approach of WAPP electricity market management experience.

The Delegation comprising the IRB and EAPP member utilities including government national electricity utilities, was led by Mr. Modeslus LUMALO, the Director General of the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) of Tanzania.

On September 20 & 21, 2022, the Secretary General of WAPP received in Cotonou, Benin, a delegation of four (4) people from the ECOWAS Project Preparation and Development Unit (PPDU), led by the ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalization , Mr. Sediko DOUKA, for a study visit. The objective of the visit was to understand best practices, approach of WAPP to project development and learn from WAPP’s fund mobilization experience.

On September 22 & 23, 2022, the Secretary General of WAPP, M. Siengui A. KI, received a delegation from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to the WAPP premises in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin. The Objective of the MCC visit was to discuss the continued partnership between MCC and the WAPP and to evaluate the need and timing of WAPP’s priority projects and ICC activities.

To foster mutual collaboration on Solar energy, the WAPP Secretariat and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, the 22nd of March 2022 in Cotonou, Benin.

On Thursday, January 27, 2022, the WAPP Secretary General, Mr. SIENGUI A. KI paid a courtesy call to the new SBEE Director General, Mr. Gérard ZAGRODNIK.

Appointed by the Council of Ministers on December 22 2021, the new Director General of SBEE took office on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Mr. ZAGRODNIK was previously Director of Studies, Projects and Planning at SBEE.

The Secretary General of WAPP took advantage of this visit to present WAPP, its governance structure and the position SBEE occupies as member of the Executive Board.