The 9 Focus Countries of the Initiative

The nine focus countries are: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia

EthiopiaBeninCôte d’IvoireGhanaMozambiqueNamibiaZambiaSenegalUganda

Featured Projects

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Project for the economic autonomy of rural communities through the productive use of renewable energy

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Supporting the purchase of photovoltaic systems to set up income-generating activities, as well as providing training for setting up and maintaining these systems.
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Biogas saves women time and makes them more independent

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A biogas plant in the village of Kontoubarou enables cooking without firewood while producing ecological fertiliser for agriculture.
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Equipping school canteens and health centres with water pumps and solar-powered refrigerators

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Renewable energy can greatly benefit social institutions, by powering refigeration or water access in medical centres and schools.
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Refugee shelters need sustainable solar solutions 

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Clean electricity for refugee families in Uganda Through approximately 330 savings communities in refugee shelters and host communities, ZOA aims to promote the market for sustainable solar solutions.
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A mobile training centre teaches young people about the potential of solar technology  

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Clean electricity for refugee families in Uganda Through approximately 330 savings communities in refugee shelters and host communities, ZOA aims to promote the market for sustainable solar solutions.
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More skilled workers for solar plants in rural Benin    

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The non-governmental TierraSol organisation wants to train young people in the design, construction and development of solar energy and thus open up new prospects for them
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Ensuring healthcare with solar power

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Solar energy makes it possible: The large municipality of Boukombé, with its more than 80,000 inhabitants, is to receive modern and reliable healthcare.
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Healthcare posts: producing electricity and chlorine with solar panels 

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Solar panels provide power for medical equipment, computers and lights – in a pilot project, three health posts will now use the solar power also to produce chlorine at low cost.
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A good solar education as a second chance   

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Women and young unemployed people are trained to find professional prospects in the solar sector.
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Care centres to be electrified with solar power  

The decades-long war in Congo has brought much suffering. Some of the few centers that provide care to those affected now receive solar power so they can better provide aid.
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Reliable solar power for an orphanage with vocational training centre     

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Building solar power and training young people The Casa do Gaiato orphanage is tapping into an off-grid power supply with solar systems and at the same time training young people in solar technology and installation
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Capturing CO2 savings and promoting investment in high-quality PV systems.  

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A calculation model will help investors to calculate the contribution of their systems to climate protection and thereby to generate emission certificates.