Welcome back. Rural electrification and minigrids are increasingly central to Africa’s evolving energy story. In this issue, we highlight the key trends, recent activity, and real‑world insights shaping the direction of power access across the continent.
In this issue:
🌎 World Bank commits $8.2 billion to boost Africa’s electricity access. Read more
🪙 IFC, Norfund prepare USD-83.2m financing for solar mini-grids in Nigeria. Access article
🌐 Gabon : le Groupe de la Banque Africaine de Développement et le gouvernement clôturent la 10e édition de l’Africa Energy Market Place vers un accès universel à l’énergie dans le cadre de la Mission 300. Lire plus
🌐 African Development Bank and Gabon conclude Africa Energy Market Place 10th edition to accelerate renewable rnergy, grid expansion and Mission 300 goals. Continue here
☀️ La RDC signe un contrat de 25 millions d’euros avec l’allemand Off-Grid pour des mini-réseaux solaires. Continuer ici
🌄 Le Nigeria double ses capacités de production de panneaux solaires. Lire ici
🌞 IEEE smart village is helping to electrify rural Cameroon: a grant is funding the installation of solar minigrids. Read on
❓ Powering peace: can renewable energy help end Africa’s conflicts? Read more
🟣 A village biogas project tests Zambia’s push to improve rural energy access. Read here
📄 Policy development meant to strengthen global energy access insufficient to meet SDG7. More information
📋 Delay in Electricity Act implementation is a national setback. Continue here
🔉 Lagos secures 400mw power boost to bypass Nigeria’s collapsing grid. Read more
👉 40 new mini-grids to add 288MW capacity. Continue reading
💼 How Mission 300 is unlocking job creation in Africa. Access article
🏠 From mini-grids to solar homes: FEI expands its mandate with $750m target. Read here
🟢 Advocates canvass blended financing, interconnected mini-grids to end Nigeria’s energy challenge. 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 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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