Gashaw Gebeyehu Wolde

A/ Director
Division for Africa,
Department of Technical Cooperation, IAEA,
RTS are own views neither endorsed nor official positions of IAEA

[Gashaw Gebeyehu Wolde @gashaw_wolde]

Participated in the Ministerial Midterm Review of the Doha Programme of Action for LDCs, LLDCs & SIDS in Africa, held in Addis Ababa 8–9 Sep.
A pleasure to meet H.E. Mr. Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of UNECA, and exchange views on the IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme.

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

Lake Tanganyika is the second largest lake in the world by volume and depth.

On this #WorldLakeDay, learn how @IAEAorg supports African scientists to use nuclear techniques to understand its water conditions.

➡️https://t.co/WhTfoMhiDL

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

🇱🇸This week in Lesotho, @IAEAorg is reviewing progress under the technical cooperation programme and discussing priorities to enhance the use of nuclear science with the Ministers of Energy and Mining, Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Health and Environment and Forestry.

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

🇧🇼During an @IAEAorg visit to Botswana, the country’s achievements through long-standing collaboration with the IAEA technical cooperation programme were highlighted, including advances in cancer care, animal health and production, crop improvement, and zoonotic disease control.

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

This week at @IAEAorg, experts are working to establish a framework for developing human capital for Africa’s emerging nuclear power programmes that includes a variety of components, from university programmes and digital learning to regional centres of excellence and fellowships

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

🇸🇳Last week, @IAEAorg discussed strengthening the IAEA technical cooperation programme in Senegal and advancing collaboration under @AFRAAfrica with @Boubacarcamou, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and @Dribrahimasy72, Minister of Health and Public Hygiene.

[Gashaw Gebeyehu Wolde @gashaw_wolde]

The Regional Meeting on Applied Nuclear Science for Agriculture concluded successfully today in Dakar, Senegal. Discussions focused on strengthening partnerships between academia & Agricultural Research Systems to drive innovation and build sustainable food systems across Africa.

[Necsa_ Official Page @necsa_Ltd]

Necsa together with the @DOEE_ZA hosted @iaeaorg Acting Director, Mr Gashaw Wolde, and Programme Management Officer, Mr Michel Warnau. This forms part of their visit to South Africa for Technical Cooperation Africa.

[IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ @iaeaorg]

Across Africa, scientists are turning data into action to protect vital water resources.

With support from IAEA, experts have analysed over 20,000 water samples using nuclear techniques to better understand groundwater and prevent pollution.

The results are already shaping national water management plans, strengthening access to clean water and supporting long-term sustainability across the continent.

Read more: https://t.co/IrptqtMNuf

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

🌍Today is #AfricaDay!

From food and agriculture to health and water resource management, @IAEAorg supports African countries to use nuclear science to address development priorities in a variety of areas.

➡️Learn more: https://t.co/CIyc9ZHeNs

[Gashaw Gebeyehu Wolde @gashaw_wolde]

An intensive and highly productive week at #NEISA2026 in Kigali Rwanda. Honoured to accompany the IAEA Director General on key events & contribute to important discussions on advancing nuclear energy cooperation across Africa. Congrts to Rwanda & partners on a successful event.

[Rafael Mariano Grossi @rafaelmgrossi]

I’m in Kigali, Rwanda, where I just spoke at the opening of @NEISAfrica’s Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa #NEISA2026, together with 🇷🇼 President @PaulKagame, 🇹🇿 President @SuluhuSamia, and 🇹🇬 President @FEGnassingbe.

Africa needs more energy, with around 600 million people still lacking access to electricity. The interest in nuclear power is real: about half of all @IAEAorg newcomer countries are African, and 13 are actively pursuing nuclear power programmes.

Rwanda specifically is among the countries looking to nuclear energy as part of the solution, with plans for nuclear to contribute more than 60% of its energy mix by 2050. I handed over to President @PaulKagame the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR), a report by the IAEA that assesses the country’s progress in developing the infrastructure needed for a safe and secure and sustainable nuclear power programme.

Africa’s energy future will be built by Africans, and the IAEA is ready to continue supporting countries across the continent, from infrastructure development and capacity building to new technologies such as SMRs. Recent agreements between the IAEA and financial institutions such as the @WorldBankGroup will be key in turning ambition into reality.

Thanks to @RAEB_Rwanda President @SinaZerbo for organising #NEISA2026 and this important conversation on Africa’s energy future.

[The New Times (Rwanda) @NewTimesRwanda]

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said nuclear energy is key to driving Africa’s development.

“The issue of energy, energy security, and how we support every country to access energy has clearly become the foundation for supporting development, especially here on the African continent.”

[𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗔 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀 @sir_damass]

🚨𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐘 𝐎𝐅 #𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐒𝐀𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

📌H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of #Rwanda🇷🇼, H.E. Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of #Tanzania🇹🇿, H.E. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic 🇹🇬, and Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, addressed delegates during the Official Opening Ceremony of #NEISA2026 in Kigali today.
#CleanEnergy

[Rafael Mariano Grossi @rafaelmgrossi]

Important step forward for Rwanda’s nuclear energy plans.

Together with @RwandaInfra’s @Dr_JimmyGasore, signed an @IAEAorg/@RwandaGov agreement to strengthen cooperation on integrating nuclear energy into Rwanda’s energy mix, including SMRs.

The agreement covers support on energy planning, infrastructure development, training, stakeholder engagement, financing and capacity building as 🇷🇼 moves forward with its plans.

[CGTN Africa @cgtnafrica]

Rwandan President Paul Kagame met on Tuesday with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in Kigali. The two discussed #Rwanda's ambition to develop nuclear power, which it hopes will supply 60% to 70% of its energy mix.
(📸: @rafaelmgrossi/ X)

[ikulu_Tanzania @ikulumawasliano]

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mhe. Dkt. Samia Suluhu Hassan akizungumza na Mkurugenzi wa Shirika la Kimataifa la Nishati la atomiki (IAEA), Bw. Rafael Mariano Grossi pembezoni mwa Mkutano wa Wakuu wa Nchi na Serikali kuhusu Uvumbuzi wa Nishati ya Nyuklia barani Afrika (NEISA), Kigali nchini Rwanda tarehe 19 Mei, 2026. Mkutano huo wa Kimataifa unawakutanisha pia wataalamu wa nishati, wawekezaji na mashirika ya kimataifa, ambapo utajadili matumizi ya nishati ya nyuklia kwa maendeleo ya Bara la Afrika. Mkutano huo pia unalenga kujadili namna bora ya kuongeza upatikanaji wa nishati ya umeme Afrika, kupunguza uchafuzi wa mazingira, kusaidia maendeleo ya viwanda, kukuza ubunifu wa teknolojia za nishati ya nyuklia pamoja na kuvutia wawekezaji katika miradi ya nishati.

[Rafael Mariano Grossi @rafaelmgrossi]

Tanzania is a long-standing partner of the @IAEAorg, from the successful use of the Sterile Insect Technique in Zanzibar to expanding cancer care through #RaysOfHope and food security through #Atoms4Food.

Excellent meeting with President @SuluhuSamia on the margins of #NEISA2026 in Kigali, where we exchanged on these topics, as well as 🇹🇿’s plans to develop nuclear power infrastructure, which the IAEA stands ready to support every step of the way.

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

In Zimbabwe, @IAEAorg conducted a high-level visit to the new centralized disused radioactive sources facility of the Radiation Protection Authority with Deputy Chief Secretary Churu from the Office of the President and Cabinet.

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

🇿🇼This week, @IAEAorg joined Minister of Energy July Gabarari Moyo in Harare for a workshop on establishing a Nuclear Energy Programme Implementing Organization (NEPIO) in Zimbabwe.