This policy brief provides guidance on the importance of quality standards for stand-alone solar products; how to develop and adopt standards, and the current status in Africa; common challenges encountered in this process; and market surveillance; as well as recommendations for governments.
This report assesses the impact of the Ivorian National Rural Electrification Programme on the lives and empowerment of rural women.
This article investigates the benefits to women of electricity access, beyond just economic benefits.
This guide addresses the challenges faced by rural energy enterprises in developing countries, and sets out solutions such as business models offering cooking energy as a service.
This action plan, developed with support from SEforALL and ECREEE, lays out the energy access strategy of Côte d’Ivoire for 2016-2020/2030. It includes extensive background and context as well as information on strategic priorities and measures to promote these.
This report considers the challenges faced by developers implementing renewable energy projects in the SADC region, analyzes existing prefeasibility or early-stage project preparation funds in the region and globally to assess if they effectively support project developers, and provides recommendations on how to improve and scale up these facilities.
This report examines the role of climate finance in Madagascar’s energy transition, and the impact that different financial instruments have on the delivery of the electrification schemes.
This handbook examines financing mechanisms suitable for the renewable energy access sector in Madagascar, and provides advice on preparing financing applications.
This report describes the context and potential for hydropower development in Madagascar.
This report provides an extensive overview of the hydropower sector in Cameroon, including technologies, project management, and socio-economic and environmental context, and offers an assessment of the feasibility of a specific micro-hydro project in Yaoundé.