Newsletter Archive
The Mini-Grids Partnership had the pleasure of talking to Ling Ng, Director of Communications and Marketing at Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), about the importance of communication in the mini-grid sector.
Interview with Liliane Munezero Ndabaneze, CEO, Women Initiative for Delivering Clean Energy to Africa.
State of the Global Mini-Grids Market Report 2024
The SEforALL team attended the 7th Mini-grid Action Learning Event in Nairobi, Kenya from 27 February until 3 March. This article presents a summary of the key trends and themes discussed at the event, with an emphasis on new learnings, trends and perspectives emerging from the sector.
SEforALL Welcomes Irene Calvé Saborit, Principal Specialist, Energy Access (Partnerships and Innovations), who will be heading the MGP co-Secretariat on behalf of SEforALL.
Olamide Niyi-Afuye, who was named CEO of Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA) last August shares AMDA’s next steps in the coming years and how mini-grids can help achieve SDG7 with the Mini-Grids Partnership.
In an attempt to dive deeper into the ways to deploy mini-grids at a scale necessary to achieve SDG7 by 2030, we asked some of the leading voices in the sector if mini-grids deployment is something that can be standarized, or if it requires a tailored solution for every context.
Most countries across Sub-Saharan Africa are adopting a range of approaches to the development of mini-grids, aiming to extend energy access to underserved areas or communities. Existing regulations, however, have often been inadequate to de-risk and finance such investments. Jessica Stephens CEO, Africa Minigrid Developers Association, and Ayo Ademilua, CEO of A4&T Power Solutions, spoke to CNBC Africa on the margins of SEforALL Forum on unlocking investments for mini-grids.
The Universal Energy Facility (UEF), a results-based financing facility managed by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), has reached an important milestone – it verified its first set of electricity connections: 542 connections to mini-grids across eight communities in Madagascar. With that, the facility has also disbursed its first grant, with mini-grid developer WeLight receiving USD 592 per connection. Read more here.
Launch of the AfDB Africa Mini-Grid Acceleration Programme (AMAP), selection of relevant reports and updates from the sector.
Interview with Afhan Hannan, CEO of Okra Sola, selection of relevant reports and updates from the sector.
Insightful piece by William Brent, Chief Marketing Officer of Husk Power, interview with Jessica Stephens, CEO of AMDA and Chairperson of the MGP Steering Committee and a piece about SEforALL’s Mini-Grids Emissions Tool!
Ahead of the series and associated paper’s launch, Ashley Wearne, GET.transform Africa Lead, speaks about productive use of energy (PUE) – topic GET.transform analyzed closely this year – highlighting five noticeable shifts.
Interview with Energy Action Partners, TFE Energy op-ed and more resources.
Update on UK DFID support to Green Mini-Grids in Africa, latest sector developments in context of COVID-19 and more.
Selection of relevant news from the mini-grid sector across Africa and Asia and overview of mini-grids market reports.
Op-ed by Aaron Leopold, CEO of AMDA and Chairperson of MGP Steering Committee, blog post by the Mini-Grids Funders Group, selection of relevant reports and updates from the sector.
Covers an interview with the African Association for Rural Electrification, report on energy access to populations, and more.
Covers an interview with CrossBoundary Energy Access, an annual update on UK DFID work in Green Mini-Grids, and more.
Covers innovators in the mini-grids market, an update from a Mini-Grids Partnership meeting, and more resources.
Covers interviews with Togolese Rural Electrification and Renewable Energies Agency, Rocky Mountain Institute, and more resources.
Covers an update from the UK DFID support to the Green Mini-Grids sector in Africa, an evaluation of the Nigerian Energy Support Program, and other news.
Covers an editorial by the MGP Steering Committee Chair, includes the report by Navigant Research on distributed energy resources, and more.
Covers an interview with the Managing Director, Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency, the Africa Mini-Grid Developers Association, and more.
Covers the Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP Africa), report by Energy for Impact on mini-grid training needs assessment and more.
Covers details on how to join the Mini-Grid Partnership (formerly HIO), an update on the DFID supported Green Mini-Grids program in Africa and other news.
Latest sector updates and an a feature on an interesting new USAID’s programme in Kenya.
Covers analysis of the link between mini-grids and productive growth, the formation of the African Mini-Grid Developers Association (AMDA), and other news.
Covers the Indian government’s policy changes in favor of renewable energy based mini-grids, the case for Solar Nano-Grids in Kenya and other news.
Covers the operation of modeling software such as HOMER in making a business case for mini-grid deployment, and other news.
Covers a World Bank staffer’s account of electricity provision to Myanmar’s off-grid communities through mini-grids,and Navigant Research’s work on microgrid markets.
Covers an analysis of programs operated by Green MiniGrids Africa, profiles the work by OMC Power and SparkMeter, and other news.