The Sustainable Energy Forum for East Africa was held at Serena Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda on 19–21 March 2018 and attended by high level policy/decision makers and experts in the energy sector from national governments, international organizations, development partners, financing partners and the private sector actors. It provided a high level platform to forge effective partnerships for achieving Sustainable Development Goal- 7 targets in the EAC region by 2030.

During the Forum, discussions were held on issues related to: Access to energy; Roadmap of a Sustainable Energy fu-ture for East Africa; Financing Sustainable Energy projects in the East Africa Community; Energy and Gender in the East Africa Community; Sustainable City development in East Africa; and Geothermal Energy in East Africa.