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The Sustainability, Inclusiveness & Governance of Mini-Grids in Africa (SIGMA) team holds Final Dissemination Event

The Sustainability, Inclusiveness & Governance of Mini-Grids in Africa (SIGMA) team holds Final Dissemination Event

The SIGMA team held its Final Dissemination event on 16 February 2024. SIGMA Principal Investigator Prof Subhes Bhattacharyya from the University of Surrey gave an …

Thoughts arising from SIGMA Final Dissemination Event 16 February 2024

Thoughts arising from SIGMA Final Dissemination Event 16 February 2024

I found this a most enjoyable meeting, from which I learned a great deal. The four SIGMA presentations were clear and insightful. My overall impression …

Andrew Barnett
Qui est redevable de la maintenance des mini-réseaux ? Naviguer à travers les différentes échelles de parties prenantes au Sénégal et au Kenya

Qui est redevable de la maintenance des mini-réseaux ? Naviguer à travers les différentes échelles de parties prenantes au Sénégal et au Kenya

Les mini-réseaux solaires décentralisés, non reliés au réseau électrique principal, se sont multipliés depuis les années 1990 dans les pays du Sud global. Un réseau …

Emilie Etienne
Who is accountable for mini-grids maintenance? Navigating through stakeholders’ scales in Senegal and Kenya

Who is accountable for mini-grids maintenance? Navigating through stakeholders’ scales in Senegal and Kenya

Decentralized solar mini-grids, not connected to the main electricity grid, have burgeoned since the 1990s in the Global South. A network of actors made up …

Emilie Etienne
On the Technical Sustainability of Mini-Grids in Developing Countries: A Comprehensive Review of Literature

On the Technical Sustainability of Mini-Grids in Developing Countries: A Comprehensive Review of Literature

Technical sustainability is one of the critical components contributing to the success of mini-grids for electrification in developing countries. Regardless of electricity source, size of …

Daniel Kerr
Ancher L’Utilisation Productive Des Mini-Reseaux

Ancher L’Utilisation Productive Des Mini-Reseaux

Abigael Okoko écrit, dans notre troisième et dernier article de la série par l'équipe SIGMA de la CFIA, sur les utilisations productives de l'énergie de …

Abigael Okoko
Qui profite des mini-réseaux dans les communautés rurales africaines ? Exemples du sud-ouest du Nigeria

Qui profite des mini-réseaux dans les communautés rurales africaines ? Exemples du sud-ouest du Nigeria

La route de terre irrégulière qui relie le village de Gbamu Gbamu dans l'État d'Ogun, dans le sud-ouest du Nigeria, à l'autoroute la plus proche, …

Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka, Israel Faleye and Deji Yusuf
Who benefits from mini-grids in rural African communities? Evidence from southwest Nigeria

Who benefits from mini-grids in rural African communities? Evidence from southwest Nigeria

The jagged earth road that connects the village of Gbamu Gbamu in Ogun State, in southwest Nigeria to the nearest highway is 40 kilometres long …

Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka, Israel Faleye and Deji Yusuf
Mini grid development and management in Nigeria: Sustainability and Matters Arising

Mini grid development and management in Nigeria: Sustainability and Matters Arising

Nigeria experiences a remarkable paradox, one of acute energy poverty in the midst of plenty. Despite the country’s huge energy resources, including both large and …

Okechukwu Ugwu, Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka and Ewah Eleri
Mini-grid development and management in Nigeria: there is a need for deeper community engagement

Mini-grid development and management in Nigeria: there is a need for deeper community engagement

Unico Uduka and Temilade Sesan write in our latest blog about the need for greater and deeper community engagement in Nigeria in developing new mini-grid …

Unico Uduka and Temilade Sesan
Anchoring Productive Use on Mini-Grids

Anchoring Productive Use on Mini-Grids

Abigael Okoko writes in our third and final blog in the series from the SIGMA team at CFIA, on productive uses of energy in mini-grids, …

Abigael Okoko
Opportunities for electric cooking in mini-grids

Opportunities for electric cooking in mini-grids

In the second of our blog series from the SIGMA project team at CFIA, Beryl Onjala writes about the opportunities for integrating electric cooking services …

Beryl Onjala