With summer coming to an end, it is the perfect time to reflect on recent achievements and look ahead to what is next.
Welcome to the latest issue of the RePower Newsletter, where we showcase the innovations, partnerships, and milestones driving rural electrification, renewable energy growth, and mini-grid expansion across Africa. Together, these efforts are powering a more sustainable and resilient future.
In this issue:
🟢 Nigeria : la Rural Electrification Agency chiffre à 20,5 milliards USD le déficit de financement de l’électricité. Lire plus
🟢 Nigeria turns to banks for $20.5 billion to expand renewable electricity. Information here
🏦 World Bank unlocks $200 million for Nigeria’s off-grid power as mini-grid rules change. Access article
💪🏽 African Development Bank backs $11.3 million climate finance facility to expand mini grids in fragile African states. Continue reading
✅ JICA commits US $119M to Nigeria mini-grid expansion. Read more
🪙 Ghana advances Mission 300 reforms with a $4.4bn energy investment pipeline behind them. Click here
🏘️ Le Lesotho raccorde trois villages ruraux au réseau électrique national. Continuer ici
🏘️ Lesotho connects three rural villages to the national electricity grid. Click here
☀️ Le soleil ne s’importe pas : le Sénégal à l’heure de la souveraineté énergétique. Poursuivre
🍳 Le PNUD franchit le cap des 1 000 foyers améliorés distribués dans le Haut-Uele. En savoir plus
🎯 Nigeria Targets 8,000 MW of Power Generation by 2027. Read more
🗞️ President Ruto launches Olposmoru solar mini-grid in Narok (Tanzania). Continue here
👉 CEI Africa invests €2 million in spark to scale off-grid solar financing across sub-Saharan Africa. Read on
💻 From megawatts to prosperity: Rural electrification in the age of AI. Access article
🗣️ Agri-processing is the anchor load rural mini-grid need [Private Infrastructure Development Group CEO interview]. Access interview
🏥 POTRAZ deploys 12kw solar grid to Gwanda provincial hospital. Read on
📢 Outiside the Grid: Solutions to electrification challenges in underserved and unserved communities. Read more
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 and Niger.
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.
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