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New tripartite agreement aims for nuclear advancements in Africa

February 19, 2026, 10:33AMNuclear News
(From left) NEA director general William D. Magwood IV, AU commissioner for infrastructure and energy Lerato Dorothy Mataboge, and AFCONE chair Gaspard Liyoko Mboyo at the MOU signing. (Photo: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)

On February 13 at the African Union (AU) Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the AU, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, and the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the support of nuclear science and technology development across Africa.

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Atoms for Africa

December 18, 2023, 10:56AMNuclear NewsJames Conca
Africa is home to 1.5 billion people in 54 countries living on 12 million square miles. The economies of many of these countries are hobbled by a general dearth of energy that nuclear could solve without adding to the harm of global warming.

The World Nuclear Association and the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) last year signed a memorandum of understanding to encourage the use of nuclear energy in support of economic growth and sustainable energy development in Africa.

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