The United States Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), through the Africa Women and Youth Empowerment Group (AWYEG), and in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Organization of Women in...

From December 5 – 6, 2022, CLDP, together with the U.S. Embassy, held a two day workshop in Nairobi for 25 officials from the Kenyan Communications Authority (CA) as well as representatives from local providers. The workshop, entitled, Next Generation Wireless Communications: New Opportunities in 5G...

AWYEG will hold a one - day workshop as a part of the Second Annual Africa Women in Trade Conference. OWIT and ITC will take the lead in discussing policies, legislation, and initiatives that could inform the empowerment of Women and Youth if included in the Protocol on Women and Youth and other...

On June 22, CLDP hosted a panel discussion during the Youth Energy Summit at the Africa Energy Forum on Navigating a Career in the Energy Space. The panel consisted of public sector representatives and doctoral students and was attended by energy students from across the African continent. The panel...

On June 22, CLDP hosted a panel discussion on private investment in the power transmission space at the Africa Energy Forum. The panel, organized in support of CLDP’s Understanding Power Transmission Financing handbook, focused on the viability of private participation in transmission infrastructure...

From June 6-9, CLDP hosted a panel on power transmission financing at the En Lit Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The panel, attended by industry leaders and regulators from across the continent, focused on challenges in promoting private investment into the power transmission space and...

Please find below links to the Second Edition of Understanding Power Purchase Agreements. 

Please find links below to the English and French version of the fifth handbook in the Understanding series, Understanding Power Transmission Financing. 

On June 23-24, CLDP, in coordination with the  African Continental Free Trade Area (AWYEG), Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT) and the Africa Technology and Creatives Group (ATCG), conducted a two-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop focused on the impediments and challenges...