[:en]Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Jacqueline Proneth. I am a 24 year old woman from Tanzania studying for a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting at the University of Dar es Salaam. Meanwhile, I am in the process of registering a business with my partner Suleiman Mzungu which involved charcoal briquettes. What …
Tag: Off-grid energy
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Jul 02 2017
Profile: Vishnu Raghunathan, Lytyfy – Winner, India
What is your off-grid energy business? Can you give a brief overview? How long have you been working on this business? Lytyfy addresses the twin issues of last mile service delivery of off grid products and end user financing. We believe that these are the two main factors that prevent adoption of off grid energy …
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Jul 02 2017
Profile: Deepak Kumar, Lytyfy – Winner, India
What is your off-grid energy business? Can you give a brief overview? How long have you been working on this business? Lytyfy is a clean energy financing company which helps low and middle income customers to buy good quality solar products and service with flexible financing options. We are trying to increase the adoption of …
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Jun 29 2017
Profile: Idara Bethel Etukudor, Sunlight Energy Ventures – Finalist, West Africa
Idara Bethel Etukudor is Head of Projects for SunLight Energy Ventures, a company he founded with his wife Christie. He has over 13 years professional experience in the construction industry, having previously worked as Client Representative on a Hotel, 18-Hole Golf Course and Jetty Project for the Akwa Ibom State Government; and as Project Supervisor …
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Jun 29 2017
Profile: Christie Etukador, Sunlight Energy Ventures – Finalist, West Africa
Brief Biography Christie is the CEO of SunLight Energy Ventures, a solar energy social enterprise she founded with her husband. Prior to this, she held a lecturing position at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria where she taught Renewable Energy Technologies to Final year students in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering. She also consults on …
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Jun 23 2017
Profile: Prince Monsekea, PayGo Ventures – Finalist, West Africa
Brief biography Prince Monsekea is the Head of Solar at Paygo Ventures, where he is in charge of product selection and design and of solar solutions, and managing our team of installers. Previously, he was the Head of the Renewable Energy department at consulting firm ASCOTECH, and Technical Director at solar energy and electricity contractor …
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Jun 21 2017
Profile: Andrew Carter, PayGo Ventures – Finalist, West Africa
Brief biography Andrew Carter is the Managing Director of Paygo Ventures. Previously at the African Development Bank, he led mini-grid technical assistance and initiatives to provide debt finance to pay as you go solar companies. Prior to that, he consulted for clients in Côte d’Ivoire and Democratic Republic of Congo on mini-grid projects. His entrepreneurship …
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Jun 21 2017
Profile: Check Traoré, Nafa Naana – Winner, West Africa
What is your off-grid energy business? Can you give a brief overview? How long have you been working on this business? Nafa Naana is a social business making clean and affordable energy products available to the poorest households of Burkina Faso. Nafa Naana implements an innovative business model, which combines a microfranchise approach to an …
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May 30 2017
WR36: Off-grid energy for rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Smart Villages Initiative organised a workshop in Panama City on 2-3 May 2017, bringing together significant actors in rural electrification in Latin America to discuss challenges and opportunities in rural electrification, with the aim of jointly developing recommendations to policymakers. Key topics for discussion included the role of the government versus the private sector in rural electrification, innovative options for financing …
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May 29 2017
BR28: Off-grid Energy for Rural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean – Policy Recommendations
The Smart Villages Initiative organised a workshop in Panama City on 2-3 May 2017 to discuss the challenges of, and opportunities for, rural electrification in Latin America. The workshop was the conclusion of the Smart Villages Initiative’s engagement activities in the region and brought together significant actors in rural electrification with the aim of jointly developing recommendations to …
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May 14 2017
TR14: Rural Electrification and Democratic Engagement
As the purpose of this paper is to give a broad overview of the importance of energy access for democratic political engagement, such issues are not robustly tackled within this comparatively brief insight into what is a vast and constantly changing arena. The goal here is to give an insight into the potential of the Internet and social media (enabled …
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May 03 2017
Press release: Providing a robust enabling environment investment essential if ambitious ECOWAS clean energy mini-grid targets to be met
African Energy Week workshop identifies other barriers and opportunities for achieving 2030 access targets in high-impact region Abidjan: With a high percentage of the West African population living in remote rural areas, clean energy-powered mini-grids (CMEGs) have been identified as an essential tool for achieving universal energy access. An ambitious target of building 128,000 in …
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Mar 08 2017
Lighting up rural Bangladesh
Interview with Farzana Rahman Senior Vice-President (Investment), Renewable Energy, IDCOL Location: Bangladesh “The amount of solar home systems we have installed – 4 million – speaks for itself” Around 12% of Bangladeshis, or 18 million people, currently use solar home systems. Solar panels sit on top of rural homes with corrugated tin roofs, connected to …
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Feb 04 2017
Webinar: Women & energy entrepreneurship: Business models for off-grid energy and social impact
Women are central to successful business models for off-grid energy in developing countries – whether they are founding micro enterprises, building small, medium, and large businesses, or are the consumers choosing the best energy sources for their household. In this webinar, you’ll hear from women working on the frontlines of energy entrepreneurship. They will reflect …
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Feb 02 2017
TR9: Business models for mini-grids
This report focuses on mini-grids that generate a substantial portion of electricity using renewable energy sources. The IEA (2011) estimates that mini-grids are the best solution for providing electricity to 45% of the rural population without access to electricity. Mini-grids can utilise locally available energy sources such as wind, solar, biomass, and hydro. Using locally available renewable energy sources has the advantage of low …
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Jan 30 2017
BR23: Building rural resilience to natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean through smart villages
The resilience of rural communities to natural disasters and other shocks is an important issue for rural villages; hard-won development gains can all too readily be lost through natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and floods. This is particular so for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean which are at risk from a …
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Jan 14 2017
TR8: The future of DC systems for the off-grid environment
Rural areas that are not connected to an electricity grid are nevertheless seeking to increase their use of electricity to support services such as healthcare, education, and entertainment, and for productive uses to increase incomes. Such increases in electricity use in rural communities—“ climbing the energy ladder”—require a step-change in electricity provision to currently off-grid households. The supply of electricity through centralised generation and …
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Jan 11 2017
TR7: Energy and agriculture for smart villages in India
The concept of the “smart village”, as developed by the Smart Villages Initiative, is that modern energy access acts as a catalyst for development—education, health, food security, productive enterprise, environment, and participatory democracy—which in turn supports further improvements in energy access. In the global context, energy access can provide a much needed driver for sustainable economic growth and development for …
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Dec 14 2016
[:en]BR21: Sustainable energy sources for rural development and climatic resilience of off-grid communities in Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico[:es]BR21: Taller regional: Fuentes de energía sostenible para el desarrollo rural y la resiliencia climática de comunidades sin conexión a la red en Centroamérica, el Caribe y México[:fr]BR21: Atelier régional : Les sources d’énergie renouvelable à l’appui du développement rural et de la résilience climatique des populations hors réseau d’Amérique centrale, des Caraïbes et du Mexique[:]
[:en]The Smart Villages Initiative together with the National Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic held a workshop on 16-18 November 2016 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, to discuss the challenges to, and op-portunities for, the provision of clean energy services to rural communities in Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. The workshop explored the …
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