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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

Andrew Barnett, Member SIGMA Advisory Group, reflects on discussions, themes and presentations from the SIGMA Final Dissemination Event.

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

Note : Émilie Étienne est doctorante en sociologie et économie des laboratoires PACTE et GAEL de l’Université Grenoble-Alpes. Sa thèse, financée par l’entreprise Schneider Electric …

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

Émilie Étienne is a PhD student in sociology and economics in the PACTE and GAEL research centres at the University of Grenoble-Alpes. Her thesis, funded …

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 …

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 …

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

Par Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka, Israel Faleye et Deji Yusuf, 19 septembre 2022

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

by Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka, Israel Faleye and Deji Yusuf, September 19, 2022

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

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

by Okechukwu Ugwu, Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka and Ewah Eleri, August 2022

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 …

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, …

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 …