Welcome back to Electricity for Africa, the RePower project’s newsletter. Here we are, ready to bring you the latest updates from the past weeks on rural electrification, renewable‑energy projects, and minigrid developments across Africa.
In this issue:
🌞 Afrique: 13 pays tirent plus de 10% de leur électricité du solaire. Plus d’infos
💲 African Development Bank approves $16.5 million loan to boost Kenya’s clean energy transition. Read here
👉 Building Africa’s clean energy future. More info
📢 SOGREA Initiative Opens Call for Private Sector Developers to Fast-Track Rural Electrification in Sierra Leone. Access info
🟢 Burkina/Électricité : « Les énergies renouvelables doivent être un pilier central, mais pas l’unique fondation du système électrique africain ».En savoir plus
📈 Nigeria’s 2026 power budget signals strategic pivot toward decentralized energy and community development. Read along
🔋 Face à l’aggravation des coupures de courant, le Nigeria prévoit la construction de 28 nouveaux mini-réseaux pour assurer l’approvisionnement en électricité. Voir plus
🔋 As power outages worsen, Nigeria plans 28 new mini-grids to keep the lights on. More info
🪙 InfraCredit mobilises local currency debt for first electric’s energy project. Read more
👍 Yobe gov approves rural electrification commission to boost power supply. Continue here
💡 A Clean Energy Future for Africa: In Conversation with Jonathan Shaw. Interview here
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.
Great to have you once again🌞 😊
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.