Dr. Charly Gatete is an energy economist with more than 15 years of experience in the energy sector in West Africa. Since 2021, he has been an economist expert at ERERA, where he provides economics analysis and contributes to developing economic regulations within the regional electricity market (REM) development. The ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA) is the regulator of regional cross-border trade of electricity in West Africa and the regional regulator of cross border electricity interconnections in West Africa.

Before joining ERERA (GHANA), He was a regional programme officer in charge of energy at an International NGO (NIGER), researcher, and lecturer at the University of Thomas SANKARA (BURKINA FASO). He is the author and co-author of more than ten energy-related scientific publications.