This guide by the Covenant of Mayors of Sub-Saharan Africa shows that urban planning tends to be gender blind, with the design of urban street lighting as a key example. It provides a manual, aimed at African cities, on how to develop gender-responsive public lighting projects. English: https://comssa.org/download/rxeWs6zcOXbTl8qRidGZ9nCB7EFAI4Pa/Gender-sensitive-public-lighting.pdf French: https://comssa.org/download/U3kjdTBHqV6FGKfoI71EgLY2wZrSvtz8/Eclairage-public-sensible-au-genre.pdf
This website contains a range of learning resources on Integrated Resource Planning (a methodology for least-cost planning by public utilities), including load forecasting, tariff policies, amd demand side management. It also includes exercises and case studies.
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.
This article presents the results of an analysis of Ugandan river and stream hydropower potential.
This slide deck provides a quick introduction to the Ugandan hydropower sector, including relevant actors, current projects and future potential.
This plan provides a comprehensive, forward-looking least-cost plan for the development of the country’s power sector, including both on-grid and off-grid.
This is a syllabus for a course to train engineers to conduct energy audits. It contains an overview of lesson topics, reading materials, activities, learning objectives and more. It was developed for Nigerian educational institutions.
This National Occupational Standard highlights core knowledge, skills, competences and personal attributes that Energy Auditors must possess to be successful in their jobs.
This blog and inforgraphic present the results of a World Bank study on the decision-making journey towards adopting and using clean cooking solutions in Rwanda, Madagascar and Ghana.