Power for All has released the first annual jobs census measuring employment from decentralized renewables for rural electrification in Africa and Asia, Powering Jobs Census 2019: the Energy Access Workforce.
Energy Access
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#PoweringJobs is a global campaign to ensure that the needed skills and jobs in clean, distributed energy are created to achieve universal electricity access for 1 billion people, and to employ the energy workforce of the future, especially women and youth. The campaign will create powerful evidence and stories to elevate and legitimize skills and training, and ensure building the new energy workforce is at the center of international and national development policy.
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The campaign is made possible with the support of the Schneider Electric Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation.
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#PoweringJobs is made up of multilateral organizations, educational and training institutions, large and small companies, civil society groups and others:
Some recent and upcoming events we will be attending worldwide:
SDG Summit
September 24-25, 2019
New York
Africa's Agri-preneurs Summit
September 24–26, 2019
Nairobi
Off-Grid Energy Access Forum
October 2, 2019
London
KIREC
October 22-25, 2019
Seoul
Global Off-Grid Solar Forum
February 18-20, 2020
Nairobi
For countries in sub-Saharan Africa to undertake successful assembly and manufacturing of solar products, there is need to ensure an enabling environment is created to encourage companies and investors to move beyond future commitments. It is critical that countries put in place that prioritise local content in off-grid solar procurement, as otherwise this will likely create supply side constraints in reaching energy access targets