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This project was conducted between June 2019 – September 2021 with UK aid funding from the UK government via the Transforming Energy Access programme. Context sub-Saharan Africa has a huge variety of bioenergy feedstocks with an enormous potential to meet

Energy 4 Impact’s research programme Crowd Power, supported by UK aid via Transforming Energy Access, has launched a new report on syndicated financing involving crowd lending platforms. The report introduces lenders, crowd lending platforms, off-grid energy companies, and other industry

According to demographic projections, Africa’s urban population will triple to 1.5 billion by 2050 with 84% of this rampant growth taking place in sub-Saharan Africa. Such a population boom will exacerbate the demand for services such as water and sanitation,

Position: Human Resources FellowCompany: MKopa Solar Valerie, thanks so much for taking the time to talk with us today. Tell us more about yourself, and what you studied in school. I studied for a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management. As

How better communication helped one manager improve sales, delivery efficiency and staff retention at a Kenyan off-grid company. Jared Winston Ounda, Sales manager at Orb Energy Kenya, has managed to motivate his team to hit sales targets, improved a key

Overview The Research Programme Delivery Consortium (RPDC, made up of the Carbon Trust, the University of Cape Town, Energy 4 Impact and TERI) manages the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) programme on behalf of the Department for International Development (DFID). Both

£22 million has been released in a new round of funding for innovation projects to support countries in sub-Saharan African and South Asia access secure, low cost and low carbon energy. Energy Catalyst Round 7 is part of the Transforming Energy

Expression of Interest (EoI) submission deadline extension Please note that the original EoI submission deadline has been extended by one week.  EoI submission deadline is now Friday 24/05/2019, 1700 BST.  We welcome any submission ahead of time, and we will also

Call description This initiative is strategically positioned to target the development junior and mid-level talent to target the skills and careers of local Africans. Specifically, the Off-Grid Talent Development Initiative aims to support the talent needs of off-grid energy enterprises,

Extension of notification dates – (updated 19th March 2019) Please note the Expression of Interest phase for this competition closed February 28th 2019. We thank all applicants for their submissions. Unfortunately we cannot accept any submissions past this deadline. We have received a

The Transforming Energy Access – Learning Partnership (TEA-LP) project aims to support the development of multidisciplinary postgraduate academic curricula at African higher education institutions to bridge the skills gap in Africa’s rapidly-growing energy access sector. TEA-LP invites proposals from African universities to

As a delivery lead for the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform, the Carbon Trust is looking to procure the services of a consultant with experience in Health & Safety (H&S) more broadly, and specifically in off-grid or informal clean energy access projects (or a consortium with these collective skills).