This brief provides an overview and a lot of data and visuals on skills gaps and challenges for Africa’s e-mobility transition. It also suggests possible solutions with respective advantages and disadvantages.
This report uses economic modelling to investigate the viability of ten different productive use applications of solar power in agriculture (oil extraction, maize shelling, rice hulling, fruit juice making, sugar cane juicing, fruit drying, flour milling, peanut shelling and coffee pulping). It investigates each technology in detail and then calculates the profits and other benefits […]
This policy brief discusses why PUE projects should adopt a gender-responsive approach to enhance their effectiveness, as gender blind PUE initiatives are more likely to benefit men than women. It explains how gender-responsive approaches benefit both men and women, and provides policy recommendations for maximizing those benefits.
GET.invest is a programme funded by the EU and several of its member states, that mobilises investment in renewable energy in low- and middle-income countries, including by providing coaching to renewable energy companies and linking them with investors. This report assesses the current state of PUE finance, highlights challenges to scaling up investment in PUE, […]
This Energypedia article explains how to undertake a PUE assessment as part of a mini-grid development project, to evaluate the potential and feasibility of different types of PUE to support community income generation and mini-grid viability.
This fact sheet provides a quick overview of different PUE technologies and business and financing models, as well as their socio-economic and sustainability impacts, and their upscaling potential.
This baseline study outlines the current status of gender equality in the transport sector in Uganda, and identifies potential for the advancement of gender equality in transport while also advancing the e-mobility transition.
The study examines gender dimensions in the uptake of electric 2/3 wheelers in Kenya, and identifies policy gaps and available opportunities for advancing gender mainstreaming in electric mobility.
This study evaluates the progress that African countries have made in their transition to e-mobility up to 2021.
This report investigates different models for the deployment of e-bike fleets and charging/swapping infrastructures in sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights the potential advantages of battery swapping for riders, highlights emerging best practice for Batteries as a Service, and provides recommendations on policy, regulation and financing to support uptake of e-motorcycles and the growth of BaaS in […]