Monitoring mission, Steering Committee: The ‘ROGEAP’ project has been in session in Lomé since 13 November 2025.
Monitoring mission, Steering Committee: The ‘ROGEAP’ project, funded by the World Bank and implemented by the ‘ECOWAS’ and BOAD, has been in session in Lomé since 13 November 2025.
The Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) has been meeting in Lomé since 13 November 2025 to discuss and adopt the best strategies with eight months to go until its completion date.
These ten days of the conclave began with a review of the activities for 2025 – both Component 1, carried out by the ECOWAS, and Component 2, carried out by the BOAD – as well as with planning for the activities in 2026.
During the first three days (from the 13th to the 16th), the Project Implementation Units reviewed their activities and their planning under the leadership of the lead consultant, El Hadji SYLLA, on behalf of the ECOWAS.
Following these three days of internal work, the World Bank’s monitoring mission, led by the Project’s TTL, Ms Elisa Portale, took charge of an in-depth review of the commitments made by both the ECOWAS and the BAOD.
A review of the results, which took place between 17 and 19 November 2025, was concluded with a field visit to an electrified village in Togo, as part of the Togolese Government’s CIZO programme.
This programme, which bears similarities to the ‘ROGEAP’ in a village situated a two-hour drive from Lomé, could enable the Togolese Ministry of Energy, through the Togolese Agency for Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy (AT2ER), to capitalise on its experience with the ‘ROGEAP’.
This visit forms part of an effort to explore ways in which the ‘ROGEAP’ can support the Government of Togo, given that, to date, the project’s activities in Togo have been primarily of an institutional and regulatory nature.
The final session of this conclave concluded with a meeting of the project’s steering committee, chaired by the representative of the Chair of the Commission of the ‘ECOWAS’, Mr KOLLEY, in his capacity as Chair of COPIL.
After welcoming the participants, the Chair of COPIL conveyed the Commission President’s regards to the World Bank and BOAD, expressing the hope that the proceedings would go smoothly.
Mr Rahian then took the floor on behalf of the Bank before handing over to BOAD, represented by the Vice-Chair of COPIL, Ms Eklo, who gave assurances regarding BOAD’s ability to implement Component 2 effectively.
It should be noted that the ‘ROGEAP’ is a project funded by the World Bank, by the Fund for the Clean Technologies (CTF) e pela Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) It was implemented by the Commission for the Development of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (ECOWAS) and the BOAD.
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