The West African Power Pool will hold its 21st General Assembly on 6 and 7 November 2026 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Conakry, Republic of Guinea, its General Secretariat and Électricité de Guinée (EDG-SA) announced.
A coordination meeting of WAPP’s Technical and Financial Partners is scheduled for 5 November, the day before the assembly opens.
The General Assembly is WAPP’s supreme governing body.
This session will bring together the managing directors and chief executives of the pool’s 60 member utilities to review the organisation’s activities, assess progress on priority electricity interconnection projects and the establishment of the Regional Electricity Market, and set strategic priorities for the years ahead.
The 21st Session is held under the theme “Consolidating the Regional Electricity Market: A Driver of Resilience for West Africa.”
The programme is built around cross-border electricity trade and the complementarity of energy resources, which the organisation links to security of supply and to more reliable, competitively priced electricity.
The event is held under the high patronage of His Excellency Mr Mamadi Doumbouya, President of the Republic of Guinea.
The partners’ meeting on 5 November is intended as a dedicated platform for dialogue and consultation on regional energy projects.
According to the announcement, it will review implementation progress, identify financing requirements and strengthen coordination among development partners, with the aim of accelerating delivery of the infrastructure regional electricity integration requires.
Guinea’s hosting role is tied in the announcement to its hydropower potential and to its participation in three regional vehicles: the Côte d’Ivoire–Liberia–Sierra Leone–Guinea electricity transmission company (Transco-CLSG), the Gambia River Basin Development Organisation (OMVG) and the Senegal River Basin Development Organisation (OMVS).
The announcement describes these as assets for expanding cross-border electricity trade and strengthening security of supply across West Africa.
WAPP is a specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States.
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