U.S. Treasury Secretary Breaks Ground on Electrification Project in Senegal

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen kicked off a new rural electrification project in Senegal that will…

WeLight to Connect 250,000 People in Rural Madagascar

WeLight secures $21 million to help 250,000 people in rural Madagascar access clean electricity. The financing…

Jack Dorsey Invests in Gridless to Improve Africa’s Electrification

Jack Dorsey’s Block co-leads a $2M investment in an Africa-Based renewable Bitcoin miner, Gridless. Gridless uses…

Bboxx and EDF Loans $11m for electrification

Solar home system providers Bboxx and Électricité de France (EDF) in Togo are getting an $11…

BGFA Awards $5m Grant to Support Electrification in Uganda

The Beyond the Grid for Africa (BGFA) programme, as part of its activities to electrify 1.8…

REA Signs MoU to Develop Rural Solar Energy Projects

REA and CarbonAi sign MoU to develop rural solar energy projects. Proceeds from carbon credits will…

Benin Republic to Pilot 1.7 MW Rural Mini-Grid Solar Project

Four firms to develop a 1.7 megawatt (MW) solar power project in Benin.  The mini-grid project…

Virtuitis Solaris Commits Power Two Rural Communities in Jos

Virtuitis Solaris in Africa strategies to close the energy access gap in Nigeria. Nigerians without access…

Equatorial Power and GIZ Partners to Solarize 27 Rural Clinics in Uganda

 Equatorial Power teams up (GIZ) to provide solar energy to at least 27 health centres in…

LIBERIA: BGFA Funds the Electrification of 9,000 Households

 Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) signed an agreement with the solar home systems provider…