This brief will focus on enabling regulations for mini-grids, providing an overview of key issues, options, and good practices. While appropriate regulations are not all that is needed to spur mini-...
Smart grids are an essential element in improving efficiency that is relevant to utilities in all countries - from advanced utilities with robust grids to those whose grids barely keep up with demand...
Increasing electricity access in rural Mali is crucial for economic development and reconstruction following the country’s recent period of conflict and instability. Output-based aid (OBA) is a form...
The record of concession arrangements in stimulating faster and more effective rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa is mixed at best: More concessions have failed than have been implemented—...
"It's time to #EndEnergyPoverty"
A billion people still live without electricity, but certain countries are starting to adopt new approaches to expand electricity services – reaching millions of...
"How can technology and innovation help to address the access to energy in African countries?"
Part Two of our discussion on Africa’s Pulse focusses on how African countries can improve access to...