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Dispatch from Nigeria
On a visit to Africa’s biggest economy, RMI’s Jon Creyts finds rising demand for solar solutions.
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RMI Rolls Out Innovative Community Electrification Model to Accelerate Energy Access and Unlock Rural Economic Growth in Nigeria
RMI Rolls Out Innovative Community Electrification Model to Accelerate Energy Access and Unlock Rural Economic Growth in Nigeria RMI, in collaboration with Nigerian developers and supported by the Dutch Postcode Lottery, kick-starts Sharing the Power’s…
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Move Over Coal. Renewables Can Power Economic Development in Malawi.
Malawi needs more energy. The electric grid of this African country of 19 million can currently meet around 520 MW of peak demand. In contrast, South Africa, with approximately three times the population, can meet…
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How Pension Funds Can Help Electrify Africa
Almost 600 million people in Africa do not have access to electricity. Bringing them clean, affordable, and reliable electricity will require massive investment. At the same time, African pension funds are actively seeking to…
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Achieving Universal Energy Access by 2030: An Integrated Approach
COVID-19 has magnified society’s inequities. It is crucial that we provide vaccines and essential healthcare to everyone. However, many countries face huge gaps in infrastructure development including a lack of access to electricity. This makes…
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Electrifying Nigerian Agriculture with Clean Minigrids to Improve Livelihoods
Note: This article first appeared on USAID’s Facebook Page, view here A new Power Africa study finds immediate opportunity to initiate and scale the productive use of energy from Nigerian minigrids by electrifying…
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Productive Use
Electrification’s ultimate measure of success—and its real contribution—is to both meet basic humanitarian needs and underpin economic development.
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An Equitable, Low-Carbon Way to End Global Energy Poverty
Today, a third of the world’s population still has unreliable power, or no access to electricity at all. As economies seek to recover from the prolonged impacts of COVID-19, distributed renewable energy offers an opportunity…
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Recovery Stimulus Can Chart the Way for Resilient Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Recovery Stimulus Can Chart the Way for Resilient Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa A new RMI report articulates six principles of strategic stimulus interventions for global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn, that can…
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Sub-Saharan Africa Stimulus Strategy
Energy challenges are one of the common features of current disruptions in sub-Saharan African countries in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.