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LIGHTING A BILLION LIVES: DEVELOPING PATHWAYS FOR ENERGY ACCESS
In Ethiopia, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) concentrated on developing and strengthening
the energy value chain through the facilitation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), helping them
build backward channel linkages and by providing technology-based training and skill development.
In Kenya, where the market is comparatively more developed in solar PV products, TERI employed
an incentive-based model to encourage distributors to scale up distributions through the creation of
a sales force who received a portion of the payment from every sale. Nearly 700 people have been
trained in technical and business skills, including over 450 solar and cook stove technicians and
trainers.
As of 2015, the project has impacted over 3,00,000 people with the dissemination of over 33,000
improved cook stoves and the installation of 23,400+ solar lighting solutions. In Ethiopia, the TERI-
HoAREC-N collaboration has been instrumental in creating 8 energy enterprises and partnerships
with 5 major distributors operating in the regions of Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, and Tigray. In Kenya,
7 energy enterprises have been set up with the help of national-level distribution partners, sub-
distributors, and financial cooperatives. Similar projects have also been undertaken in areas of Congo,
Mali, and Uganda, to provide solar lighting and in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda for
cook stoves. Over 5,000 households have been impacted in these areas.
LaBL’s work in Africa would not have been possible without the collaboration and support from our
country partners which include: The Horn of Africa Environment Centre and Network (HOAREC-N),
Ethiopia; African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya; United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO), Sierra Leone; ADPP, Mozambique; Planet Workshop in Congo, Nigeria, and
Mali; and Umemi in Uganda. LaBL is also grateful to UKAID for extending programme-level support
for the expansion of clean energy solutions in Africa.
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In Ethiopia, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) concentrated on developing and strengthening
the energy value chain through the facilitation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), helping them
build backward channel linkages and by providing technology-based training and skill development.
In Kenya, where the market is comparatively more developed in solar PV products, TERI employed
an incentive-based model to encourage distributors to scale up distributions through the creation of
a sales force who received a portion of the payment from every sale. Nearly 700 people have been
trained in technical and business skills, including over 450 solar and cook stove technicians and
trainers.
As of 2015, the project has impacted over 3,00,000 people with the dissemination of over 33,000
improved cook stoves and the installation of 23,400+ solar lighting solutions. In Ethiopia, the TERI-
HoAREC-N collaboration has been instrumental in creating 8 energy enterprises and partnerships
with 5 major distributors operating in the regions of Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, and Tigray. In Kenya,
7 energy enterprises have been set up with the help of national-level distribution partners, sub-
distributors, and financial cooperatives. Similar projects have also been undertaken in areas of Congo,
Mali, and Uganda, to provide solar lighting and in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda for
cook stoves. Over 5,000 households have been impacted in these areas.
LaBL’s work in Africa would not have been possible without the collaboration and support from our
country partners which include: The Horn of Africa Environment Centre and Network (HOAREC-N),
Ethiopia; African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya; United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO), Sierra Leone; ADPP, Mozambique; Planet Workshop in Congo, Nigeria, and
Mali; and Umemi in Uganda. LaBL is also grateful to UKAID for extending programme-level support
for the expansion of clean energy solutions in Africa.
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