The African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACE-ESD) is a World Bank-funded project which intends to solve key economic challenges subsequent from low rural energy access, poor adoption of energy technologies especially in rural areas, and poor inter-state energy trading in the Eastern and Southern Africa region.

Master students at the African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD) specialising in Renewable Energy, Electrical Power System and Energy Economics visited Mukungwa I&II Hydropower Plants to experience the process to which the electrical power is generated and supplied to different zones upcountry.

Experts in energy related disciplines have completed a one month long training in Small Hydropower Technologies. The training was organised by The Hangzou Regional Center (Asia-Pacific) for small Hydropower Development (HRC) in cooperation with Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL). The training took place from 4th to 28th November 2019 at African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD).

Regional professionals in energy share practices in renewable energy to overcome energy challenge Experts in Public, Private, Academic institutions and researchers from Rwanda and the region have started five-day training in Power Engineering | Microgrid andSmartgrid.

Anne Kabagambe, The Executive Director for Africa Group1 has said she is very impressed by the performance of the African Centers of Excellence under the University of Rwanda saying that this kind of project model should be encouraged.

The Executive Director for Africa Group1 (Anne Kabagambe)

On 2nd September 2019, a team from the World Bank led by Ruth Karimi Charo from World Bank Kenya, paid a visit to African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD). The main objective of the visit was to assess the progress made in the implementation of the African Centers of Excellence Project, key challenges and way forward.