Nigeria's post-harvest losses are put at $9 billion, accounting for nearly 70% of global post-harvest loss due to lack of power to drive agro-allied processing. Powering agriculture with decentralized clean energy solutions can play a critical role in reducing food losses and increasing farmers’ revenues. https://www.powerforall.org/insights/impact/3-pathways-powering-agriculture-nigeria
Habiba Ali, the dynamic founder and CEO of Nigeria’s SOSAI Renewable Energies, and vice president of the Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN), talked to Power for All about scaling mini-grids, what’s still needed to ensure rural electrification targets, and the importance of getting more women leaders into the DRE sector. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/conversation-habiba-ali-of-sosai-renewable-energies
Rocky Mountain Institute's (RMI) new report showcases a pathway to implementing undergrid mini-grids that has the potential to save electricity distribution companies and communities millions of dollars while dramatically expanding the market for distributed energy resources in Nigeria. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/fact-sheets-research-summaries/research-summary-deploying-4000-plus-solar-storage-mini-grids-nigeria
This webinar is an opportunity to engage directly with the researchers and utility experts working in Nigeria and Uganda. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/events/utilities-20-better-services-better-connections-lessons-uganda-and-nigeria
East Africa has long been a focus of rural electrification in Africa, but all eyes are now turning to Nigeria in the west, as the national leadership, international funders and the private sector unleash a range of federal and state activities to increase deployment of decentralized renewable energy solutions. The stakes are high. https://mailchi.mp/powerforall/may-2018-focus-on-nigeria