The sixth East African Energy Cooperation Summit taking place in Arusha City from January 29 to 30, 2025.
Dates provided by the East African Community (EAC) secretariat place the event shortly after the winding up of the African Heads of State Energy Summit in Dar-es-salaam.
But the East African Energy Summit in Arusha aims at bolstering the power sector in the region at the time when the entire world turns into environment friendly sources of renewable energy.
The summit develops from the previous agreement which was signed in Washington DC confirming the patronage of the East African Community for EnergyNet’s future editions of the former Tanzania Energy Cooperation Summit (TECS).
The East African Community partnered with EnergyNet to help fulfil its pledge in bolstering the regional energy sector.
The two parties cited the East African Energy Summit event as the perfect platform to spark debate and change.
The partnership has a primary objective of bolstering the region’s energy sector and enhancing collaboration among and between all East African countries in alignment with the community priorities for 2022-2026, which include increasing visibility, stakeholder knowledge and awareness of the region’s power challenges.
The partnership with the East African Community was announced at the two-day Powering Africa Summit, held in the U.S. capital in March 2024, in sync with the rebranding of the Tanzania Energy Cooperation Summit into a broader, regional investors summit in 2025.
This time TECS sails as The East Africa Energy Cooperation Summit (EA-ECS), demonstrating commitment to shaping a prosperous, competitive, secure, stable and politically united East Africa.
“Energy is a pillar for development and growth and is crucial for the functioning of the economies of the EAC Partner States,” the organizers explain, adding that the East Africa Energy Cooperation Summit will serve as the ideal platform for advancing projects and bringing tangible changes in the industry.
The EAC is the regional intergovernmental organisation formed by its eight partner states, with more than 300 million citizens who stand to benefit from the alignment of strategy and positive intention, as both the EAC and EnergyNet seek to promote critical infrastructure projects as well as Commercial and Industrial investment opportunities.
The East African Community (EAC) being the heart of one of the fastest growing regions in the world, experiences massive influx of investment.
Energy infrastructure and investment is the critical catalyst, and the forum will address this with public and private sector stakeholders through the official Partnership with the East African Community.