Access to clean, affordable and reliable modern energy is crucial for sustainable socioeconomic development. For this, Small Hydropower Plants offer a technically feasible and economically viable option. But still majority of the countries in East and West Africa have not fully utilized their vast Small Hydropower potential. This is due to barriers such as limited technical capacities and missing standards among others. With this in mind, the International Small Hydropower Training was organised in Abuja, Nigeria.