John Kioli,Executive Director - Green Africa Foundation, with Rachel Kyte, the Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All during the Sustainable Energy Forum 2018 for East Africa in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Sustainable Energy Forum 2018 for East Africa has been organized by the East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE), in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the EAC Secretariat, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), Sustainable Energy For All (SEforALL), the Ministry of Infrastructure of the Republic of Rwanda (MININFRA) and hosted by the government of Rwanda.

It aims to foster economic transformation of the EAC Partner States through equitable access to sustainable energy for all.

Hence, the Sustainable Energy Forum discussed the region's energy opportunities and ways to effectively address the energy challenges. The three day programme served as a platform to discuss methods to remove the existing barriers that limit the availability of reliable, affordable and sustainable energy services.