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Newsletter 18 April 2025

Repower Newsletter

Welcome back to Electricity for Africa, the newsletter on rural electrification, renewables and microgrids brought to you by the RePower project. 

 

In this issue:

📃 Burkina Faso : Projet de déploiement du solaire à large échelle et d’électrification rurale (SOLEER). Lire la suite 

❄️ CoolCycle’s innovation empowers food security in Nigeria. More info 

🛜 Madagascar : Internet et énergies durables à la portée du monde rural. Plus d’informations

⚡For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids. Learn more  

💡 Mission 300 : 300 millions d’Africains vers une énergie propre d’ici 2030. Lire la suite 

🍲 $40bn Africa energy fund to boost clean cooking access and energy transition. More info 

African minigrid market growing, but not fast enough to meet 2030 goals. Read on 

👍Germany pledges €4bn for green energy projects in Africa. Learn more 

📉Why USAID is such a critical piece of the global climate aid puzzle – and what happens next as it is cut. Full article 

🤝 African electrification requires public and private support. Learn more  

🌐 Webinaire : Afrique – Mission 300 pour les entreprises françaises. Lire la suite  

💪 L’AFD devient partenaire stratégique de WEN-Africa pour une énergie plus inclusive en Afrique. En savoir plus 

🔋 400 campements seront électrifiés grâce à des mini-réseaux photovoltaïques. Plus d’information 

💰Uganda: Financing energy access in informal settlements. More info 

🔌ChargePoint & Africa GreenTec drive EV charging in Africa. Read on 

 

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.

Thank you for reading Electricity for Africa. Have a lovely weekend 😎 

Best regards

Carlos Marquez
WP10 lead – RePower Project
carlos.marquez@ata.email

 


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