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Jan 2026
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Health & Safety Standards Mapping Report: Enhancing Health & Safety Standards Across Africa’s Minigrid SectorThis report presents the findings of a mapping exercise regarding H&S standards in the minigrid sectors of Nigeria, Zambia, and Kenya. It analyses the regulatory landscapes, highlighting that while all three nations have general safety laws, none possess minigrid-specific H&S |
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Jun 2025
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Theme Guide: Gender Equality & Social InclusionThis guide focuses on understanding opportunities and potential entry points for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) for clean energy businesses to consider when making strategic and operational decisions. Energy businesses can use this guide as a reference or starting |
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Jun 2025
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Ayrton Fund: Green Jobs Insights StudyThis Ayrton Fund report analyses job creation data within the Fund’s clean energy innovation portfolio to provide recommendations for better measuring and reporting on the transition to a low-carbon economy. |
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Jan 2025
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TEA Health & Safety State of the Sector ReportThe report undertakes a comprehensive energy access sector Health and Safety (H&S) analysis to identify key challenges and develop a roadmap, guidelines, and recommendations. The report aims to develop a systematic approach to assessing health and safety risks and hazards |
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Jan 2025
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TEA Health & Safety Energy Access FrameworkThis document introduces a Health and Safety (H&S) Framework designed to enhance safety in energy access projects. It emphasises a collaborative approach among stakeholders, utilizing tools like an H&S Heat Map to identify and prioritise risks. |
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Nov 2024
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Cultivating Opportunities in Africa: Powering agricultural productivity through Renewable Energy IntegrationAs the world races toward 2050, the challenge of feeding a booming population looms large, especially in Africa, where the population is projected to soar by 63% and account for a quarter of the global population*. |
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Oct 2024
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Walk-in Cold Rooms, A Practitioner’s Technical GuideThe Walk-In Cold Rooms: A Practitioner’s Technical Guide consolidates the current state of the art and outlines 12 steps to follow when specifying, delivering and operating a walk-in cold room, covering both the technical and business perspectives. |
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Aug 2024
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E-commerce Innovation Spotlight: How has e-commerce developed?This publication on e-commerce is the second of six in the innovation spotlight series by the Global Distributors Collective (GDC), which focuses on innovation trends to watch out for in the last mile distribution (LMD) sector. |
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May 2024
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AFUR Mainstreaming Mini-grid Tariff Settlement Tools and Methodologies Baseline GAP Analysis Final ReportAFUR Mainstreaming Mini-grid Tariff Settlement Tools and Methodologies Baseline GAP Analysis Final Report |
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May 2024
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Mini-grid Tariff Settlement on the African Continent – Lessons from the Execution of Phase OneThis lessons learned report from the Mini-grid Tariff Settlement Tool for African Regulators project supports a conducive business climate includes providing a costreflective tariff to the investors/developers. Cost-cover-ing tariffs are one way of ensuring economic viability for private sector mini-grids. |
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May 2024
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Definition within Challenge Plan. Public circulation of blog “WHAT ARE NEXT-GENERATION PHOTOVOLTAICS AND WHY DO WE NEED THEM?”It discusses the emerging field of next-generation photovoltaics (PV), which includes innovative materials like perovskites and organic PV aimed at improving efficiency, reducing costs, and addressing environmental concerns. |
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May 2024
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GOGLA Bi-annual reportThe off-grid solar industry has shown tremendous resilience throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a significant dip in sales in 2020, sales grew to a record 9.53 million units sold in 2022. |
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Apr 2024
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Freetown City Energy ProfileThis city energy profile is developed as part of the Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access (ENACT) project being implemented in Freetown, Sierra Leone and Kampala, Uganda, by ICLEI Africa and Energy 4 Impact – Mercy Corps. It aims |
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Apr 2024
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Are mini-grid communities being left out of energy access maps? A study of nighttime light detection in Sierra LeoneAn assessment on whether mini-grid communities might be missed by electricity mapping techniques. Can we tell when a mini-grid was installed with satellite imagery alone? |
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Apr 2024
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Tackling challenges in mini-grid development: An innovation showcaseThis research presents an overview of the challenges to mini-grid development, and highlights a selection of innovation projects, supported by Energy Catalyst, with the potential to address these challenges. It will also draw out relevant learnings and insights from these |
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Mar 2024
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State of the Global Mini Grids Market Report 2020The State of the Global Mini Grids Report 2020 is the definitive source of information for mini-grids stakeholders.The report raises awareness about mobilizing investments in the mini-grid sector and serves as a benchmark to measure progress in the sector for |
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Mar 2024
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Mini Grid Innovation Insight: Electric grain milling – a US$2.5B opportunity across AfricaTransitioning from diesel to electric grain mills in SSA could generate $2.5B in value by 2030 while saving 5M+ tons of carbon emissions. However inconsistent electricity supply, mill operator inertia, and ancillary costs hinder uptake. In CrossBoundary Innovation Lab’s latest |
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Mar 2024
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Driving change: Local partners appointed to implement clean cooking interventions in urban informal settlements in Kampala, UgandaIn response to the pressing need for clean cooking interventions in urban informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda, ICLEI Africa and Energy 4 Impact – Mercy Corps have appointed a consortium led by Wana Solutions Uganda Limited and including Green Bio |
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Feb 2024
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The Inclusivity Strategic OutlookThe Strategic Outlook highlights the hurdles displaced people face within the traditional humanitarian system, such as power inequalities, structural barriers, limited access to resources and work opportunities, as well as restricted agency in strategic spaces where critical decisions about their |
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Feb 2024
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Powering Prosperity: The socio-economic benefits of the productive use of renewable energy (PURE) in AfricaThe productive use of renewable energy (PURE) market opportunity in rural sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to be worth $864 billion up to 2030. The PREO Impact Report 2022/23 explores the latest impact insights from the PREO programme, demonstrating the socio-economic |