15 priority actions for the implementation of country priorities on decentralized energy access have been recommended by a working group that was convened at the Annual Workshop of the African Development Bank (AfDB), held at the Bank’s HQ in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) on 29-30 March 2017. Working group context The off-grid solar and mini-grid […]
The SEforAll Annual Forum in New York (3-5 April) marked the formal launch of the Clean Energy Mini-Grids Partnership (CEMGP) as a Delivery Partner for SEforAll. Dean Cooper, Chair of the CEMGP Steering Committee, announced this launch during a side event at the Forum that was hosted by Energia de Portugal (a leading member of […]
The Africa Strategy for Green Mini-Grids, prepared by Parallax for the African Development Bank (AfDB) on behalf of the African Union, was endorsed by Energy Ministers at a Specialized Technical Committee meeting in Lome, Togo, on 17 March 2017. The strategy covers many of the issues that need to be addressed to attract finance for green […]
Sub-Saharan Africa still has one of the least developed policy environments for energy access in the world, according to a damning report from the World Bank. The Bank found that over 70% of Africa’s least electrified nations (with access rates of less than 20%) have made little progress in implementing any policy to increase electricity generation. Apart […]
As part of its market development work in Tanzania, in mid-2016 IFC carried out a benchmarking exercise of twenty distributed energy services companies (DESCOs) using mini-grid technologies. The objective of this effort was to undertake a quantitative analysis “from the ground”, with a view to helping developers refine approaches to serving the market; increasing investors’ understanding of the nascent sector; and […]