The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) tasked its National Rural and Peri-urban Electrification and Energy Services Agency (ANSER) to meet the ambitious goal of connecting an additional 15 million people to electricity by 2025. Power Africa assistance, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), helped…

Power Africa, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded grants totaling $669,330 to five solar energy companies operating in Liberia. …

Despite significant progress in mobile connectivity, sub-Saharan Africa lags in digitalizing its energy systems to improve data accuracy, boost efficiency, and streamline national infrastructure projects. This gap hinders progress towards global goals like reaching universal energy access. Power Africa is helping countries achieve these goals by connecting governments to digital…

Forecasting energy supply for an entire country is complex work. Many variables affect how much and what kinds of energy will match consumer needs at different times of day or different seasons of the year. For example, in Rwanda, many hydropower plants face water shortages in dry seasons and must…

Africa’s burgeoning market for off-grid energy is helping the region contribute to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all). …

Power Africa’s community-oriented approach to energy infrastructure development helps electricity entities build capacity to engage customers and local communities for mutually beneficial outcomes. Energy infrastructure development is about more than megawatts; it enables better health care, education, economic growth, and other sustainable development outcomes. Power Africa is leading an approach…

Power Africa and private energy companies are lighting up homes, connecting rural communities to the broader world, and boosting economic prospects across sub-Saharan Africa. …

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Power Africa are supporting electricity utilities to enhance productive energy use to local businesses, benefiting both entrepreneurs and utilities and creating positive ripple effects for communities. With a small coffee farm under cultivation, Joel Rusubika invested time and hard-earned money to establish…

Senegal seeks to reach universal electricity access by 2025. Continued collaboration between Power Africa and the national electricity utility, Senelec, is helping to realize this goal. In the past year, we connected more than 200,000 consumers to the national grid. Just over half of Senegal’s population has access to reliable…