West African Power Pool to Meet in Conakry
The 21st WAPP General Assembly in Guinea will review regional electricity integration and cross-border power trading.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Utilities
The West African Power Pool, which has 60 member utilities, will hold its 21st General Assembly in Conakry, Guinea, on 6 and 7 November 2026. A coordination meeting of technical and financial partners is scheduled for 5 November 2026.
Why it matters
Energy security is closely tied to economic competitiveness, and regional electricity trade can add supply options and improve use of existing generation capacity. The assembly's focus on a more integrated regional power market reflects efforts to address differences in national capacity, infrastructure limits and financing challenges.
The West African Power Pool counts 60 member utilities among its membership, and the Conakry gathering marks its 21st General Assembly. The meeting's outputs, including any financing or market decisions, have not yet been reported.
The players
West African Power Pool (WAPP)
A regional body linking national electricity utilities across West Africa to coordinate power generation, transmission and trading. It is the organization convening the 21st General Assembly.
Électricité de Guinée
Guinea's national electricity utility, which co-organizes the assembly with WAPP as the host-country power company.
The details
Member utility managing directors and chief executives will assess progress in regional electricity integration and set priorities. Agenda items include cross-border electricity trading, priority transmission interconnection projects, and the Côte d'Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea transmission initiative, under the theme 'Consolidating the Regional Electricity Market: A Driver of Resilience for West Africa.'
Timeline
5 November 2026: Coordination meeting of WAPP technical and financial partners.
6 and 7 November 2026: 21st WAPP General Assembly in Conakry, Guinea.
Market Landscape
The assembly continues the West African Power Pool's long-running effort to build a single regional electricity market rather than relying on isolated national grids. Its agenda on interconnection projects and cross-border trade places this meeting within that multi-year integration program.
Electricity consumers across the region depend on whether cross-border trade and transmission projects move forward, since these affect the supply available to national grids. The assembly's decisions on financing and market arrangements will shape how reliably and affordably power reaches households and businesses.
The takeaway
Regional electricity integration depends on coordination, sustainable financing and reliable payment systems, not only on generation capacity. Watching how the assembly addresses these will indicate whether West Africa's power market becomes more resilient.
What happens next
The 21st WAPP General Assembly is scheduled for 6 and 7 November 2026 in Conakry, Guinea, after a coordination meeting of technical and financial partners on 5 November 2026.
Further reading
For background on how regional power grids are organized and financed, explore our Utilities coverage.
