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Newsletter 21 February 2025

Repower Newsletter

I hope all is well at your end. I’d like to welcome you back to Electricity for Africa, your resource on rural electrification, renewable energy and microgrids in Africa. This time you’ll notice that there are some articles in French too 😊

 

This issue’s selection of articles

🤝 World Bank: African countries working towards larger electricity markets. Read on

🔌Tanzania: rural electrification focus shifts to hamlets. Learn more

☀️ Liberia: solar mini-grids to provide energy to rural communities. More info

💰 Leaders, lenders pledge $35bn to deliver electricity to 300 million Africans. Learn more

🏝️ Three pacific island nations deploy aquaculture and agriculture microgrids. Read on

💶 L’AFD et Watt For Change financent trois projets énergétiques en Afrique. Lire plus

🎤 Almost 100 million people in Africa have gained access to electricity in recent years. Learn more

🧪 CEPREC launches £3.5m pan-African research centre to drive renewable energy innovation. More info

💡 L’ONU lance un plan colossal pour électrifier l’Afrique. En savoir plus

🌱 REA, GEF launch mini-grid for farmers to tackle food insecurity. More info

👍 Accès à l’électricité : vers une accélération de l’électrification rurale au Sénégal. Lire plus

 

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.

That’s it for today 😎

Till next time.
Kind regards

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

 


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