The AEEP co-chairs with ministers from Africa and the European Union

left to right: Dr Michael Spindelegger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, Austria, Dr Elham M.A. Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission, Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission, Teneng MA Jaitheh, Deputy Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Ressources, Gambia

Dr Michael Spindelegger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, Republic of Austria

H.E. Dr Michael Spindelegger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, Republic of Austria

Gudrun Kopp, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (in the center)

Dr Elham M.A. Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission on stage at the HLM

Gudrun Kopp, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Commissioners of the European Commission and the African Union Commission together with ministers from Africa and the European Union

Ahmed Kandil, African Union Commission, Gudrun Kopp, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, Dr Elham M.A. Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission, Franz Marré, Head of Department of Water, Energy and Urban Development at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany, Aboubakari Baba-Moussa, Director for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission

Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Development, European Commission, launching the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP)

Max Schoen, Club of Rome Germany/DESERTEC Foundation

Panel discussion on "Technological Solutions – From XS to XXL" (from left to right): Tumi Makgabo, moderator, Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula wa Tumba, Minister of Energy, DRC, Alemayehu Tegenu, Minister of Mines and Energy, Ethiopia, Olivier Ngororabanga, Project Manager, Rural Energy Promotion (REPro), Rwanda, Max Schoen, Club of Rome Germany/DESERTEC Foundation

Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea, Green Technology and Climate Negotiations, French Republic

Dr Tabe Eugène, Minister of Petrol and Energy, Chad

From left to right: Rajcoomar Bikoo, Ministry for Environment and Sustainable Development, Mauritius, with his Minister Devanand Virahsawmy

From left to right: Dr Christoph Leitl, President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and Chairman of the Global Chamber Platform, Austria; Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission, Devanand Virahsawmy, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Mauritius, Dr Elham M.A. Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission

Devanand Virahsawmy, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Mauritius

Dr Christoph Leitl, President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and Chairman of the Global Chamber Platform, Austria

Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission

Dr Elham M.A. Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission

Tumi Makgabo, moderator

Dr Elham M.A. Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission and Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission

Simon D’Ujanga, State Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda

Tumi Makgabo, moderator and Kiraitu Murungi, Minister of Energy, Kenya

Olivier Ngororabanga, Project Manager, Rural Energy Promotion (REPro), Rwanda

From left to right: Tumi Makgao, moderator; Jean-Yves Grosclaude, Director of the Technical Department, French Development Agency (AFD); Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, Minister of Energy, South Africa; Kurt Lonsway, Division Manager, Environment and Climate Change, African Development Bank (AfDB)

Dr Michael Spindelegger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, Austria and Devanand Virahsawmy, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Mauritius

Dinner at the Vienna Hofburg Rooftop Foyer

Dr Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director General, UNIDO

Emmanuel Buah, Deputy Minister of Energy, Ghana, Louis Sylvain-Goma, CEAC, Dr Elham M.A. Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission

Emmanuel Buah, Deputy Minister of Energy, Ghana

Ali Ahmed Osman, State Minister of Petroleum, Sudan

Teneng Mba Jaiteh, Deputy Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Gambia with the moderator, Ilona Eichhorn

Dr Albert Butare, Fatracs Co Limited with the moderator, Ilona Eichhorn

Franz Marré, Head of Department of Water, Energy and Urban Development at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Simon D’Ujanga, Minister of State for Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda with the moderator, Ilona Eichhorn

Dammipi Noupokou, Minister of Mines and Energy, Togolese Republic, Alemeyehu Tegenu, Minister of Mines and Energy, Ethiopia, Ali Ahmed Osman, State Minister of Petroleum, Sudan, Jean-Chrysostome Mekondongo, Deputy Minister of Mines, Energy and Water, Central African Republic

Participants in the session on Energy Access in front of the cubes

Alemeyehu Tegenu, Minister of Mines and Energy, Ethiopia

Ambassador Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl, Director General for Development Cooperation, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria holding the Closing Remarks for the first High Level Meeting of the AEEP

Vienna Hofburg

Emmanuel Buah, Deputy Minister of Energy, Ghana

Prof Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Professor of Energy Economics, Vienna University of Technology and Deputy, Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) as part of the expert group

Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director, ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) was commenting as member of the expert group

Teneng Mba Jaiteh, Deputy Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Republic of the Gambia being interviewed by moderator Ilona Eichhorn

Monyane Moleleki, Minister of Natural Resources, Kingdom of Lesotho being interviewed by moderator Ilona Eichhorn

Robert van der Plas, Director, Marchéage et Gestion de l’Environnement (MARGE) was part of the expert group

Dr Guido Glania, Secretary General, Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) comments as member of the expert group

Philippe Niyongabo, Head of Energy Division, Department of Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission makes a summary as member of the expert group