Import taxes and other policy barriers are creating an affordability crisis in off-grid solar that threatens Africa's electrification goals.

Zambia’s REA launched the $637,000 Lui Grid Extension Project on July 17 to connect 600 users in Western Province. The project highlights the cost gap with private solar mini-grids, which are cheaper ...

The Abia State Ministry of Power and Public Utilities has released a final draft of the state’s mini-grid regulation, as part of a major move to boost the ongoing reforms in the state’s power sector ...

Mini grid in Nigeria for 80 homes and businesses. Courtesy Unico Uduka. Our research found as expected that the more energy rural agribusinesses use, the more payments can be made to the mini grids.

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