Resource centre
This hub aims to provide useful and relevant information to anyone working to support the growth of sub-Saharan Africa's renewable energy industry. Browse it for REPP news and publications, plus links to a carefully curated bank of external content and resources.
Ghana: Greenheart AAAi prévoit d’achever les études pour la pose de panneaux solaires sur 900 bâtiments de l’Eglise catholique à la mi-2021
Energies Media, 30/12/19
Cameroun: apport en capital de 2,5 millions d’euros à upOwa, distributeur de systèmes solaires domestiques
Energies Media, 30/12/19
Cameroonian PAYG solar startup upOwa raises $2.7m funding
Disrupt Africa, 13/12/19
Big break for women-led renewable energy projects in Africa
ESI Africa, 28/11/19
REPP will finance renewable energy projects run by women
Afrik21, 27/11/19
RFP to create equal opportunities for women in Africa’s renewable energy sector
Sun Connect News, 27/11/19
Off-grid energy company PowerGen signs funding agreement with Shell, others
Business Day, 06/11/19
Shell and Sumitomo invest in PowerGen, a mini-grid supplier
Afrik21, 06/11/19
Shell invests in African microgrid developer PowerGen Renewable Energy
Power Engineering International, 06/11/19
PowerGen closes funding for electricity access for a million people
PV Magazine, 05/11/19
PowerGen partners Shell, to deliver electricity to 1m Nigerians
Vanguard, 05/11/19
Shell invests in African microgrid provider PowerGen
Current News, 04/11/19
Shell and Sumitomo Buy 15 Percent Stake in Minigrid Firm PowerGen
Green Tech Media, 04/11/19
Access to energy is development key
EIB Blog, 05/09/19
EIB blog article charts the foundation of REPP, with a focus on the programme’s progress in the off-grid solar sector to date.
Camco Clean Energy: Investing in a clean energy future
Construction Review Online, 27/08/19
CBEA and PowerGen pioneer long-term mini-grid project financing at scale
PV Magazine, 29/07/19
TANZANIA: CBEA finances PowerGen to provide 60 solar mini-grids
Afrik 21, 22/07/19
New partnership to finance 60 mini-grids in Tanzania
ESI Africa, 21/07/19
CBEA lets loose first $5.5 million for 60 minigrids in Tanzania
PV Magazine, 18/07/19
Mini-grids are ready to change the world (again)
Forbes, 17/07/19
CBEA and PowerGen pioneer long-term mini-grid project financing at scale
Rockefeller Foundation, 17/07/19
Investors call for results based financing of minigrids in Africa
Microgrid Knowledge, 10/06/19
UK’s PAS Solar set up with USD-10m loan to bring home solar to Nigeria
Renewables Now, 10/04/19
Nigeria: UK-listed PAS solar to connect 150,000 people to clean electricity
North Africa Post, 08/04/19
NIGERIA: REPP and ElectriFI open $10 million credit line for PAS Solar
Afrik21, 06/04/19
UK’s REPP arranges $10m financing for clean energy projects in Nigeria
Financial Nigeria, 05/04/19
December caps bright, busy year for off-grid solar in sub-Saharan Africa
Solar Magazine, 07/01/19
Virunga Power raises $5m
African Energy, 18/12/18
COP24: UK gov announces £100m African renewable energy funding push
Business Green, 11/12/18
Britain to invest £100m in sub-Saharan Africa renewables fund
Moneyweb, 11/12/18
$126 million earmarked for small-scale RE in Africa
PV Magazine, 11/12/18
£100m UK funding for clean power projects in Africa
ITV News, 11/12/18
UK Dept for BEIS: £100 million for renewable energy projects in Africa…
Market Screener, 11/12/18
Protesters disrupt US panel’s fossil fuels pitch at climate talks
Carbon Brief, 11/12/18
Gigawatt Global breaks ground on its second East African solar field
The Jerusalem Post, 31/10/18