The power sector in Zambia is dominated by the intensive use of hydropower, representing nearly 90% of the 2,827 MW installed generation capacity and a low electrification rate standing at 28%. As a result of this overreliance on hydropower, the country has been experiencing critical electricity...

The Project aims to improve the enabling environment for renewable energy investments to support the Government of Tanzania (GoT) to meet the country’s socio economic development objective of increasing electricity access rates from the current 20% to 75% by 2035 – with a target generation share...

São Tomé & Príncipe (STP), a small island country off the Gulf of Guinea has a population of around 200,000, of which 70% has access to electricity. The installed power capacity is 35.8 MW (92% run on diesel). The small share of renewable energy (8%) comes from hydropower. With only 58%...

The project aims to support the scale-up of Green Mini-Grid (GMG) projects in Rwanda through targeted interventions to strengthen the enabling environment and pave the way for strong private sector participation. Rwanda’s 5% rural access to electricity (23% national level), is relatively low in the...

The power sector in Nigeria is dominated by the intensive use of fossil fuel (88%) for power generation and low electrification rates at about 45% (55% urban and less that 35% rural). The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) aims to increase access to electricity to 75% and 90% by 2020 and 2030...

Niger is a poverty-stricken country with a large rural population (85% of total). The GoN prioritizes the power sector for both socio-economic development and climate adaptation and specific targets for 2020 have been set: 30% access to electricity, 15% rural access to decentralised renewable...

As many studies have highlighted, risk perception in Africa remains higher than elsewhere, which has a direct, negative impact on the ability to find investors and financing for projects. This is especially true in sustainable energy (SE), a highly regulated and relatively new sector on the...

The Bank’s Green Mini-Grids (GMG) Market Development Program (MDP) was established in 2015. Initial funding of USD 1 million was followed by a replenishment of USD 3 million in 2017. The funds were used to procure the services of four consulting firms for the following MDP business lines: (i)...

The Green Mini-Grids (GMGs) Market Development Programme (MDP) aims to remove or reduce market barriers and strengthen the ecosystem for the scaling-up of GMGs investments in Sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to the objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4ALL). According to the...