Power Africa, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announces two grants totaling $363,607 to electrify seven healthcare facilities that provide maternal and child health services in Malawi and Uganda. This grant program is dedicated to the memory of USAID Foreign Service Officer Madeline C. Williams from the…
“The cost of power to the industry at 19 cents per kilowatt hour is over 30 percent of production cost to industry. The high cost of electricity tariffs continues to render industry uncompetitive” — Seth Twum Akwaboah, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Ghana Industries.
Ghana has faced a series of…
In Nigeria, the Power Africa Aspire Women’s Leadership Development Course has equipped more than 500 women professionals in the energy sector with the skills they need to advance and excel in their careers.
A Power Africa gender analysis in Nigeria found that women are underrepresented at all levels of the…
In Eswatini, Power Africa support to the energy regulator will result in lower electricity tariffs, saving consumers around $44 million over the next two years.
Fair regulation in the energy sector creates an environment where utilities can provide reliable services to customers at reasonable prices, and gives the private sector…
Power Africa recently expanded our All-Women Apprenticeship and Internship Program to Tanzania and Somalia, in addition to ongoing internships in Kenya and Rwanda. This program helps female graduates from universities and technical colleges acquire on-the-job training through 6- to 12-month rotational apprenticeships or internships. …
Updated July 13, 2021
Commissioned into action on July 5, 2021, the Kipeto Wind Farm, situated 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in Kajiado County, is Kenya’s second-largest wind-power project. …
World Humanitarian Day & World Refugee Day 2021
COVID-19 introduced new challenges and threats to health and livelihoods, exacerbating the situation for over 80 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. …
For more than 6,800 people in rural Lesotho, a clinic in the mountain village of Manamaneng and its small contingent of nurses are their only source of essential healthcare.
Yet when the lights go off and the generator doesn’t work, night-time emergencies can turn into nightmares . . .
Manamaneng’s Mamma Thato
Meriam…
In Nigeria, an investor pitch competition gives solar home system companies the skills they need to secure investor funding.
For off-grid energy companies, securing private and public financing is critical to expanding services and product offerings and connecting homes and businesses beyond the grid to electricity. …
By David Riposo, Power Africa Energy Access Officer, and Dan Schnitzer, SparkMeter CEO
A new category of digital energy management solutions is emerging, purpose-built for African grid systems.
These lean, low-cost tools empower grid operators to improve reliability by identifying weak system components before they fail. They use grid analytics…
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A U.S. Government-led partnership that seeks to add 30,000 MW and 60 million electricity connections in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 > https://bit.ly/2yPx3lJ
