Let’s wrap up the week with the inspiring RePower Project newsletter, featuring the latest developments in renewable energy, microgrids, and rural electrification across Africa.
In this issue:
🟢Bridging Africa’s off-grid electricity access gap: ROGEAP disburses US$3.7m to solar companies. More info here
👍Nigerian and Kenyan farmers can be first step to making rural mini grids more profitable and affordable. Read article
🪙 AfDB’s US$10million grant to strengthen rural communities. Link to article
🏛️10 things to know about Sidi Ould Tah, the new head of the African Development Bank. Read more
🍃Marché des systèmes d’énergie éolienne distribuée 2025 : une croissance annuelle de 12 % soutenue par la demande de puissance décentralisée et la modernisation du réseau. Lire la suite
🥏 USAID Freeze Puts Kenya’s Renewable Energy Ambitions at Risk. More info
💡Ghana: Renewable Energy Project to bring electricity to rural areas. Read article here
👉Madagascar | Électrification rurale : BNI Madagascar et WeLight débloquent plus de 7 millions d’euros. Plus d’informations ici
👍 Ocean currents can generate electricity – and our study shows Africa’s seas have some of the strongest. Keep reading
🏛️ Africa’s power pools: what the G20 can do to help countries share electricity. Link to article here
☀️ The power of islands: offshore Africa enters a new energy era. Access here
📉 How South Africa’s Shift from Coal to Renewables Is Going in 2025. More info
🟢 After Trump cut funding for energy transitions overseas, could China step in? Read on
💪 Nigeria accelerates shift to renewable energy. Full article
🫲🏽Six strategies to unlock Africa’s grid capacity. Full article
About the RePower Project:
RePower is an ambitious plug-and-play microgrids project that aims to provide electricity access to 20,000 off-grid consumers across Ghana, Madagascar, Niger, and Senegal. Find out more here.
Hope you have a great weekend! 😊
Kind regards
Carlos Marquez
WP10 lead – RePower Project
carlos.marquez@ata.email
RePower is funded by the European Union under grant number 101096250. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.