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