As Africa commemorates Africa Day on Sunday, May 25, 2025, communities across the continent are rising in unity under the Afrika Vuka platform to demand climate justice and a clean energy future.
Under the banner of the REPower Afrika campaign, grassroots groups in over 10 countries will mobilise to spotlight people-powered renewable energy solutions and call for an end to fossil fuel dependency that continues to pollute, displace, and endanger lives across the continent.
In Nigeria, the Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) will stage a Cultural Show for REPower Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday, May 22.
This year’s Africa Day of Action will highlight the power of African communities to shape their own energy futures by repowering Africa through socially owned, decentralised renewable energy systems that are clean, just, and accessible to all. The mobilisations come in the context of deepening climate impacts and continued fossil fuel expansion that threaten Africa’s biodiversity, livelihoods, and development aspirations.
From solar installations in rural schools to cultural mobilisations, community dialogues, marches, and artistic actions, REPower Afrika events will showcase a continent ready to rise beyond fossil fuels and lead a just energy transition rooted in justice, equity, and dignity.
Other spotlight events include:
- Benin: Renewable Energy Coalition (REC) hosts a Cultural Resilience Concert & Mural Painting on May 23
- Kenya (Lamu): Save Lamu leads a REPower Lamu artivism workshop and protest walk calling for cancellation of the Amu Power coal project appeal on May 25
- Uganda (Kampala): CERAI organises a University Debate on Renewable Energy vs Oil and Gas with Makerere and Kyambogo Universities on May 25
- Uganda: CECIC hosts Youth Energy Cafés to co-create local solutions for energy access on May 25
- Ghana: RE4C Coalition and 350 Ghana lead a Renewable Energy Awareness Walk on May 23
- Tanzania: Green Conservers hold a Renewable Energy Concert on May 25
- South Africa: Climate Finance Podcast Launch on May 25
Additionally, distributed events will hold in Port Harcourt and Obio Akpor (Nigeria), Alexandria (Egypt), Togo, Uganda, South Africa, DRC, Arusha (Tanzania), Zambia, Malawi, Cameroun, Guinea and Casamance (Senegal).