Mauritius Becomes First African Nation to Sign Partnership Framework with International Solar Alliance (ISA).
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In April 2025, Mauritius became the first African country and the fourth globally—after Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Cuba—to sign a Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a treaty-based intergovernmental organization launched by India and France in 2015.
- The CPF was signed during the two-day Global SolarX Accelerator Programme hosted by the ISA in Mauritius. The strategic partnership was formalized in Port Louis by Barakat Ahmed, Regional Programmes Head for Africa at ISA, and Zeenat Guness-Goolbar, Permanent Secretary of Mauritius' Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities.
- The CPF is a renewable three-year strategic framework introduced by ISA to deepen long-term collaboration with its member countries in the field of solar energy and sustainable development.
- Under the recently signed Country Partnership Framework (CPF), a Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) will be formulated to implement solar energy projects specific to Mauritius’s requirements. The key focus areas include floating solar, rooftop solar systems, solar-powered water pumps, agrivoltaics, and green hydrogen technologies.
Main Point :- (i) The CPF aims to support Mauritius in its transition to clean energy through a country-specific roadmap aligned with its national development goals. This collaboration will help enhance energy security and sustainability.
(ii) The CPF also proposes the establishment of a Solar Technology Application Resource Centre (STAR-C) in Mauritius. This centre will serve as a hub for innovation, capacity building, and investment promotion in solar energy technologies.
(iii) Mauritius has previously partnered with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) under the ISA CARES initiative. A significant outcome of this was the solarisation of Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in June 2024, improving sustainability in the healthcare sector. The CPF was signed during the Global SolarX Accelerator Programme—an ISA initiative in partnership with Business Mauritius—aimed at accelerating solar startups across Africa and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions.
About International Solar Alliance (ISA)
Director General (DG) : Ashish Khanna
Headquarters : Gurugram, Haryana
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