Competence Centre promotes energy efficiency awareness in Africa

The South African-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Competence Centre for Sustainable Energies (CC:SE), in Cape Town plays an important role in creating awareness and fostering conversations among African stakeholders in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector. CC:SE manager Jens Hauser explains that the CC:SE is active throughout the Southern African Development Community (SADC), most notably in South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique and Madagascar. In South Africa, CC:SE partners with the South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre to offer the European Energy Manager (EUREM) training programme. Training is held in an extracurricular time frame, and consists of face-to-face training and a final individual project.