It’s time for Electricity for Africa, your newsletter on rural electrification and renewables! Read on to learn more about new Africa-EU cooperation initiative, electrifying mobility in Kenya and Nigeria, and Zambia’s ambitious energy access programme.
In this issue:
🫱🏼🫲🏽Africa and Europe reinforce energy cooperation at the 3rd EU-AU Ministerial Meeting. Full article
❓ What do we mean by ‘productive use of renewable energy’ – and why is it critical to African prosperity? Read more here
🪙 Cameroun, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire… EDF obtient un prêt de 10 millions $ pour électrifier 5 millions de personnes d’ici 2030. Plus d’informations ici
☀️ Mali embraces solar power for rural areas but the challenges are still vast. Access here
📉 Top 10 African countries with the highest renewable energy share in their power mix. More info
🆕 Mozambique opens solar-storage minigrid tender. Learn more
🌄 Here comes the Zambian sun. Read on
🟡 Solar energy becomes a lifeline for rural Zambia. More info
💪 Empowering communities: how clean energy and EVs are transforming rural Africa. Full article
🔋 The need for the right policies for BESS in Africa. More info
💡 Comment répondre aux défis de l’électrification en Afrique ? Lire la suite
📋 ARE contributes to key policy dialogue in Addis Ababa to accelerate rural electrification for industrialization. More info
🟢 Nigeria Champions Electrification of 300 Million Africans By 2030. More info here
👍 African Development Fund approves $43.6 million for 120 MW Mozambique transmission line project. Keep reading
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 our newsletter 😊 See you next time
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.