In a notable stride towards regional power system enhancement, the West African Power Pool (WAPP) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) convened a significant cooperation meeting as part of the "Project for Strengthening Regional Power System of West African Power Pool (WAPP)".

To address the electricity deficit in West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) inaugurated, on Friday, November 17, 2023, the Information and Coordina-tion Centre (ICC) for the regional electricity market in Abomey Calavi, Benin. This initiative, or-chestrated by the West African Power Pool (WAPP), one of its specialized institutions, was real-ized with the support of the European Union.

The 40th WAPP Technical and Financial Partners  coordination meeting was held  on Friday June 23, 2023 in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin at the Golden Tulip Hotel.

The Objective of the meeting is to continue discussions with WAPP Technical and Financial Partners on the progress of WAPP priority projects and, to agree on actions to be taken to accelerate their implementation, and to present them with new projects for support.

The WAPP Secretariat organized the second meeting of the thematic group on "Challenges related to the operation of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE)" from 3 to 5 May 2023 in Cotonou, Benin.

This meeting is part of the establishment of an enabling framework that would accelerate the deployment of large-scale solar power plants in the WAPP region by identifying technical bottlenecks.

The WAPP Secretariat welcomed a delegation from the World Bank (WB) on 05 May 2023 at the ICC site in Calavi, Benin.

The  WAPP Secretary General,Mr. Siengui A. KI, in his welcoming remarks, after introducing his delegation, thanked the WB for its unfailing support over the years on the various infrastructure development projects in the region.