Find out about recent activities and the up-coming events where Power for All is profiling decentralized renewables—and get involved!
September: Campaign Activities
SAN FRANCISO, 15 September: SOCAP
Heading to SOCAP? Hear our campaign director, Kristina Skierka, at the 'Advancing Clean Energy in the Developing World' panel. Get in touch if you are attending and want to discuss further the challenges and investment opportunities for advancing clean energy in the developing world.
LAGOS, 20-21 September: West Africa Power Summit
Power for All Campaign Director in Nigeria, Ify Malo, will be hosting a panel at the 2016 West Africa Power Summit which this year is focussing on "Developing Sustainable Power Generation, Transmission And Distribution Networks For West Africa". The session will discuss how to advance distributed renewable energy as a key component of the energy mix. Please let us know if you are attending the event and would like to get in touch.
ABUJA, 21 September: Nextier Electricity Hub
Power for All has put forward expert speakers on distributed renewables for the next Electricity Hub event which will see discussion from Yusuf Suleiman, CEO, Blue Camel, Ifeanyi Orajaka, Chief Executive, GVE and more.
ABUJA, 22 September: Lighting Nigeria Event
The Nigeria Campaign Director will be on a panel at this event organised by the World Bank/IFC Lighting Global programme, focused on building Nigeria’s solar home system market. Please let us know if you are attending the event and would like to get in touch.
FREETOWN, 21 September: Access to Finance Workshop
Power for All will be hosting a workshop with companies, investors and development finance institutions to promote access to finance. The workshop will share best practice from East Africa, showcase existing access to finance initiatives in-country, build consensus around the solutions that are needed and call upon stakeholders to do more.
HARARE, 22-23 September: Power for All Advocacy Workshop
Power for All will be hosting a workshop for civil society and private sector organisations to map out joint advocacy to build sustainable distributed renewable energy markets and drive energy access in Zimbabwe.
FREETOWN, 22 September: Media Workshop
Power for All will host a workshop for journalists and editors from leading Sierra Leonean print, radio, TV and online media outlets. The workshop will improve awareness of technologies, business models, leading companies, success stories and spokespeople in the sector, leading to increased pro-DRE media coverage.
ABUJA, 28 September: Power for All Government Communications Workshop
Power for All will host a workshop for communications leads within government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The workshop will help government communicate its work on DRE more effectively and is expected to increase the volume of pro-DRE media coverage, whilst encouraging more government action in support of DRE market growth.
HARARE, 28 September: Access to Finance Workshop
Power for All will be hosting a workshop with companies, investors and development finance institutions to promote access to finance. The workshop will share best practice from East Africa, showcase existing access to finance initiatives in-country, build consensus around the solutions that are needed and call upon stakeholders to do more.
ABUJA, 29 September: Manufacturers Association of Nigeria Annual General Conference
At the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria Annual General Conference, Power for All will be working closely with leading industry players to promote DRE to businesses that could become customers for the sector, or that could enter or invest in the market.
CAPE TOWN, 28-30 September: LeNSes Conference
Campaign Director, Kristina Skierka, will be presenting new research into the development of decentralized renewables markets and energy access at the LeNSes Conference: Sustainable Energy For All by Design. The Conference will share sharing the latest knowledge and experiences in sustainable energy for all system development and dissemination.
NAIROBI, 30 September-02 October: IOREC
Aaron Leopold, Deputy Director of Global Advocacy, will be speaking at the IOREC conference in Nairobi. The conference convenes diverse stakeholders and facilitates dialogue to highlight challenges and solutions to rural electrification through off-grid renewable energy systems.
August Highlight: Nigeria Media Workshop
Last month Power for All held its first media workshop in Nigeria, bringing together editors and producers from the country’s leading media houses. The well received event provided knowledge on decentralized renewable technologies, business models and impact. The strong interest in energy access solutions by the journalists led to requests for a variety of data, impact stories from the field, engagement with industry leaders and more.
The event comes as the latest of a series of media workshops undertaken by the Power for All team, following two hosted in Harare. Further training will take place for Nigerian news editors following the West Africa Power Summit on the 21 September, and a media workshop will also take place in Sierra Leone on the 22 September. If you are a member of the media and would like to talk to our country leads in Nigeria, Sierra Leone or Zimbabwe, please get in touch.