NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

By Wole Hammond

Sustainable Development Goal Seven (SDG 7) aims to “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” by the year 2030. Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll) led by Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, held its 5th annual forum in Kigali, Rwanda – the first in Africa. The event brought global leaders, industry experts, bureaucrats, and the energy community together to map out ways of achieving the event’s theme “Driving Bold Action for a People-Centred Energy Transition.”