The African Union and the Digitized Governance of the Energy Transition: Governance from AU Bodies to Non-State Actors in the Age of the Anthropocene

Dematerialization is one of the areas where the African Union (AU) has historically and undoubtedly been weak. However, since 2006, the African Energy Commission (AFREC) has enabled the AU to innovate in the field of energy information by setting up the African Energy Information System (AEIS). These few lines therefore propose a brief analysis of the AU and the digitized governance of the energy transition through the role of AU bodies that are trying to ensure universal access to energy information for Non-State Actors. This reflection will make it possible to evoke in turn the emerging consensus on the dematerialization of energy information, the role of various actors in its governance, before trying to apprehend the digitization of energy information itself and to wonder about the stakes which are attached to it.