The African Centers of Excellences Directors in Rwanda were urged to ensure the gender equality is highly considered in the enrolment of students to postgraduates programs.

The call was made on Friday during the visit of the Vice President of the World Bank for Africa region Honorable Hafez Ganem to centers of excellence in Rwanda

During this visit, Directors of ACEs explained different programs offered in their respective centers, students’ enrolment and key achievements that were registered so far.

75 students from various African varsities concluded a week-long training in power engineering organized by the African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development-ACE-ESD at the University of Rwanda-College of Science and Technology. The training generated hands-on skills in many areas including power engineering, Microgrid, Smart grid to mention but a few.

Friday 29^th March 2019 around 45 Students and 7 Staff from University Of Rwanda At The African Center of Excellence in energy for Sustainable Development Visited the Rwamagana Solar Power Plant located near Agahozo Sharlom Youth Village in Rwamagana District.

On the 4th -8th of March 2019 Dr. Diego Sandoval visited the ACEESD at University of Rwanda to Meet with Ph.D. students under his Supervision and Also conducting some seminars on:

on this 21st February 2019, Prof Sangwon Suh visited the UR-ACEESD and he has conducted a public lecture on "Low-Carbon Transition: implications on the environment and the society".

the key message of that day was:

the CSU Energy Institute visit the Center. they spoke with the Director of the African Center of Excellence for Energy and Sustainable Development while visiting the microgrid lab at the University of Rwanda.They are working to develop the research capabilities of their lab - modeling thier lab at the Powerhouse Energy Campus - in an effort to help the country of Rwanda fully electrify by 2024.