The new online session, to be held between 29th April and 5th May 2021, will focus on Module 2: Decentralized Renewable Energy Site Selection and Engineering.
Due to the current circumstances, it will be held online through video lectures for about of 3-4 hours each day, and will be possibly complemented by a remote-managed field visit at St. Kizito’s mini-grid facility or Strathmore Solar Energy Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Written by Ethiopian Energy & Power Business Portal, eepBp
The Young African Leaders Programme of the School of Transnational Governance provides a unique opportunity for policy experts from Africa to further develop their policy work and professional skills amidst international experts.
In the dynamic academic environment of the European University Institute in Florence, selected participants will take part in workshops, training and skills development sessions, conferences, study visits and field trips in Europe. Interaction with the other fellows, policy-makers and the academic community at the EUI will make this a truly unforgettable experience.
The three-month leadership programme will take place between September and November 2021 and places are fully-funded with a grant of € 2,500 per month. The African experts must live in the area of Florence for the duration of their stay. The language of the programme is English.
The Programme targets mid-career, high potential policy-makers, diplomats, and professionals from Africa, working in national and local authorities, regional, continental, international organisations and development partners, civil society organisations, academia, media and private sector, in Africa. More precisely, the Programme is open to young female and male professionals, mid-career and executives alike, who are nationals of African countries, residing in Africa and are under the age of forty-five.
Affordable electricity is a fundamental driver of economic activity. We see this in countries where cheap electricity has allowed them to create entire industries. Iceland doesn’t have any aluminum, but is the largest producer of aluminum per capita in the world. Why? Because Iceland has some of the cheapest electricity rates in the world: five US cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) for commercial customers. Affordable electricity is critical for every scale of business, from the aluminum smelting companies in Iceland, to the 600 million people in Africa who still lack access to power. Those 600 million need electricity to light their homes and run their businesses.
For markets where diesel costs less than $1.50 per liter, as is the case in much of rural Africa, businesses cannot afford to use electricity at prices above $0.50 per kWh to run agricultural machinery like a grain mill or a water pump. Above that level, a grain miller or farmer may resort to using a diesel generator[1] or, more likely, will do the work by hand. But the economics of rural electrification makes it challenging to provide electricity below that price, and so diesel machinery continues to dominate the rural off-grid market.
Cross-subsidized tariffs are needed to make rural electrification affordable
The cost of electricity, typically measured by the levelized cost of energy (LCOE), is much higher for rural customers than for urban and peri-urban customers. Rural customers are remote and often more dispersed, and so have higher logistics and infrastructure costs to connect and service. This is true whether electricity is provided through main grid connections, mini-grids, or solar home systems.
Solarkiosk calls the most promising African Start-Ups in the off-grid energy sector to make them fit for funding and help them find the right investors. If you are an African off-grid energy entrepreneur and ready for funding, apply NOW!
Solarkiosk will select the most promising African off-grid energy Start-Ups and offer them the following to get funded:
Business / sector specific advisory
Matchmaking to suitable strategic partners in Africa / Europe / US / Asia
Prep-up for finance round (documentation, business plan, data-room)
Matchmaking in financing rounds
Legal support in the deal-making process via our legal partners
Post-investment support and preparations for consecutive rounds
