Thomas Kwesi Quartey, deputy chairperson of the African Union Commission, addresses the Forum on African Energy Interconnection Development in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2018. (Photos: Xinhua)

Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), addresses the Forum on African Energy Interconnection Development in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2018.

As a side event of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the forum is jointly hosted by the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization, the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Liu Zhenya, chairman of the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO), addresses the Forum on African Energy Interconnection Development in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2018.

Zhou Xiaofei, deputy secretary general of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), addresses the Forum on African Energy Interconnection Development in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2018.