AWEEF will also play a leading role in strengthening political will and commitment from governments and development partners to attract investment.

"Women disproportionately bear the burden of energy poverty and face significant health and safety risks from household air pollution, from carrying heavy fuel loads, and from the lack of lighting," said Juliette Biao Koudenoukpo, director and regional representative of UN Environment in Africa.

"UN Environment hope that AWEEF will enable African women play a leading role across the energy value chain," Koudenoukpo said.

According to the UN, over 600 million people in the continent still do not have access to electricity while over 600,000 people, 60 percent of them women, die each year as a result of household air pollution.

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