AMDA and COMESA join hands to enhance modern and sustainable energy access in COMESA states
The Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA), represented by Chief Executive Officer, Jessica Stephens, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) represented by the Secretary General, Ms Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two
Supplying remote and rural communities with precious power in Africa
Trey Jarrard, Chief Executive Officer Renewvia Energy One-on-One with Trey Jarrard & Amy Carabajal, Renewvia Energy Please let me know a little bit about yourself and Renewvia Energy that you run as the Chief Executive Officer? I have been involved
How to power Africa? Lessons from Sierra Leone
By Jessica Stephens, AMDA CEO and Andrew Juma, Communications Manager Access to energy has long been regarded as a critical lever for unlocking and cementing socio-economic growth and sustained development. As articulated by the World Bank, “access to energy is essential
SIGNING OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN AMDA AND THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AUTHORITY (REA) ZAMBIA
Lusaka, 1 September 2021 —The Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA) and the Rural Electrification Authority- Zambia (REA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at promoting Mini-grids and Decentralized utilities for rural electrification, associated strategies and business needs to ensure
The Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA)welcomes the new damn in Mozambique
© RVE SOL. Nairobi, 15 September 2021 — The approval of the 2021 Off-Grid Energy Regulation Act by the Council of Ministers is a giant leap forward for the Decentralized Renewable Energy sector in Mozambique, and presents a bold
One-on-One with Alastair Smith, CEO PowerGen Nigeria
Impacting and transforming people’s lives through smarter power ©PowerGen Nigeria PowerGen Nigeria set to connect 55,000 people in rural Nigeria to electricity by May 2022 as part of a new partnership with CrossBoundary Energy Access, Oikocredit, Triodos Investment Management and EDFI
One-on-One with Daniel Schnitzer, CEO SparkMeter
Helping Microgrid and Distribution Utilities in emerging markets run sustainable, efficient, and reliable systems through grid-management solutions © SparkMeter Can you briefly tell us about SparkMeter? And what made smart meters the focus of SparkMeter? Seven years ago, we founded SparkMeter
One-on-One with Powercorner
At ENGIE, we are convinced that providing access to electricity to everyone can only be possible through a smart combination of solar home systems, minigrids and national grid extension.
The Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA) announces Leadership Transition
Today, the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA) announced that the Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Jessica Stephens as the new Chief Executive Officer. She will succeed Aaron Leopold who will continue to support AMDA as a Special Advisor.
Africa Minigrid Benchmarking Report Launched
Today, the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA), a regional trade group representing distributed generation developers and operators, released its flagship Benchmarking Africa’s Minigrids report, which for the first time measures industry performance through a comprehensive collection of data across 12