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Utilities 2.0 Won a Reuters Energy Transition Award!

The Utilities 2.0 Twaake Project, spearheaded by Power for All in Uganda, recently won the Socially Responsible Project Award at the Reuters Global Energy Transition 2024. Recognized for its significant social impact, the project connected over 300 new customers and created 60 businesses rapidly, showcasing an effective model to combat energy poverty. The initiative, integrating centralized and decentralized energy sectors, has earned multiple accolades, demonstrating the power of collaborative efforts to accelerate energy access.

https://www.powerforall.org/utilities-20-won-reuters-energy-transition-award

Campaign Updates: June 2023

In Ethiopia, Power For All has entered into a pivotal partnership with the Ethiopian Solar Energy Development Association (ESEDA). As part of this collaboration, Power For All is set to provide Technical Assistance to revise the customs handbook that was initially developed by ACE-TAF two years ago.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-june-2023

Campaign Updates: April and May 2023

In our ongoing mission to promote renewable energy and drive sustainable development, we have been working diligently across several fronts.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-april-and-may-2023

Campaign Updates: October 2022

We continued to disseminate and facilitate discussions on the findings and recommendations of the 2022 Powering Jobs census. We launched Powering Jobs census country reports for Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya and took part in the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo held in Kigali, Rwanda.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-october-2022

Campaign Updates: September 2022

September’s focus was on the launch of Power for All’s long-awaited Powering Jobs Census 2022: The Energy Access Workforce report at a series of global, regional, and national events that brought together DRE experts and thought leaders to coordinate a global response to the report’s call to action and shape the #PoweringJobs advocacy agenda.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-september-2022

Campaign Updates: July 2022

As part of the ongoing Powering Jobs Campaign, the global report for 2022 is complete, after gathering inputs from peer reviewers, and it is now in the design stage. Our research team has started finalizing the in-country draftseports for India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ethiopia and these will be ready by the end of July 2022 for peer review.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-july-2022

Campaign Update: June 2022

As part of the ongoing Powering Jobs campaign, the third round of steering committee meetings was held in June, starting with the global committee on June 6, followed by the Kenyan, Nigerian, and Indian committees on June 8, 9, and 10, respectively.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-june-2022

Campaign Update: May 2022

Power for All was well represented at the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The team, led by our CEO Kristina Skierka, also co-chaired two-panel discussions at the event, ‘Transitioning to the Grid of the Future’ and ‘Powering Jobs: Building a Workforce to Meet the SGD 7 Challenge’. The Powering Jobs campaign kicked off its first steering committee meeting in Ethiopia and held its second in Uganda. We also have the initial findings from our health survey from Jharkhand State in India. Read on for these and other updates from our campaigns.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-may-2022

Campaign Update: April 2022

As part of the Utilities 2.0 (U2.0) campaign, a webinar titled “Building Partnerships for an Integrated Energy Approach: Experience from the Utilities 2.0 project, Uganda” is planned for May 5. During this knowledge sharing session, the project’s implementing partners will share how they built and managed partnerships that have been key to the project's success, the challenges faced and lessons learned for scaling and replicating the project elsewhere.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-april-2022

Campaign Update: March 2022

Our Powering Jobs campaign kicked off its first steering committee meetings with key stakeholders at the global and national levels. The U2.0 campaign held a briefing session with key project partners to share the insights and findings from the pilot research. As part of the Powering Agriculture campaign, our CEO, Kristina Skierka, facilitated a meeting on productive use of renewable energy for an agriculture action plan with key stakeholders in Kampala, Uganda.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-march-2022

Campaign Update: February 2022

Our Powering Jobs' survey wraps up at the end of February and the next steps include Focus Group Discussions in each of the five survey countries. Our CEO, Kristina Skierka, spoke at The Economic Times “Energyworld Solar Power Congress.” Read on for these and other updates from our campaigns.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-february-2022

Campaign Update: January 2022

2021 was a year of growth at Power for All as we celebrated our sixth anniversary. The team grew, we started new projects and successfully participated in several global events. Here are some of the highlights from our campaigns and projects.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-january-2022

Campaign update: November 2021

Power for All’s 2021 Powering Jobs census has been launched with key partners in five countries. Power for All hosted a side event at COP26 on Energy empowering employment moderated by Kristina Skierka. Also, learn about our latest updates from the commissioning of the utilities 2.0 Twaake pilot by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-november-2021-1

Campaign update: July 2021

Power for All kicked off the Power for Health Campaign in Burkina Faso in partnership with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Learn about the upcoming launch of the Access Insights Platform (AIP) data visualization platform in Uganda by Catalyst Off-Grid Advisors. Also, we are excited to welcome two new members to our team.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-july-2021

Campaign update: June 2021

Power for All participated in a stakeholder meeting on Clean Energy Cooling Hubs and spoke at a webinar on Agri-Renewables for the Energy-Water-Food Nexus organized by IRENA. Also, learn about the scheduled UN Food Systems Summit social media takeover and a side event at the Ministerial Thematic Forums of the High-Level Dialogue on Energy.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-june-2021

Campaign update: May 2021

May 12th, 2021 Power for All chief Campaign Officer William Brent participated in the VEF Virtual Series on food systems to explore how to galvanize political action in the alignment of the energy transition with the food systems transformation, focusing on opportunities in developing countries. The outcomes of the consultations will feed key global events in 2021, including the Sustainable Energy Forum, the High-level Dialogue on Energy, the G20 Forum and the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26).

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-may-2021

Campaign update: April 2021

Power for All joined the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture, participated in a panel discussion to discuss the role minigrids can play in Africa's energy future, hosted an independent dialogue at UN Food Systems Summit, and organized a webinar on electrifying rural clinics in Zambia. Also, learn about a new report launched today by the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy in Jharkhand.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-april-2021

Campaign update: March 2021

Power for All participated at the Sankalp Africa Summit 2021, the MES Conference 2021 about decentralized electrification, the Vienna Energy Forum series on food systems and was part of a panel discussion on how players in the off-grid solar can collectively achieve commercially viable models for last-mile electrification in West Africa.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-march-2021

Campaign update: February 2021

Our CEO has been appointed to the UN High-Level Dialogue on Energy and named as Food Systems Summit champion. Also, learn about the upcoming Utilities 2.0 webinar on lessons from Africa in the latest report from Duke University's Energy Access Project, how we’re participating in India's Unconvention 2021 and promoting multi-stakeholder action in Jharkhand state, and a training session for Energy Catalyst companies on media communications.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-february-2021

Campaign update: January 2021

We supported Energy Catalyst to launch a new online energy access innovation community. In Uganda, we participated in Power Forum 2020 while in India, our team co-hosted the first meeting of the Jharkhand DRE collective. Also, learn how we're engaging with the UN Food Systems Summit & the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy, and participating in the ARE Technology & Innovation Forum.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-january-2021

Campaign Update: November 2020

In Uganda, we hosted a kick-off of a national platform for strengthening the link between food and productive use of energy. Our India team convened a communications workshop with leading journalists in Jharkhand state, and organized the third installment of Energy Catalyst's "Lessons from the Frontline" series. Also, we will participate in Uganda Power Forum 2020 to highlight our integrated electrification initiative.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-november-2020

Campaign Update: October 2020

Our Powering Jobs research was featured in IRENA's Renewable Energy and Jobs - Annual Review 2020, and our chief of research joined the launch event. Also, Power for All is a proud partner of the Africa Energy Forum 2020 and a supporting partner of the Financial Times (FT Live) Digital Summits 2020 on Food, and Energy.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-october-2020

Campaign Update: September 2020

Power for All organized a national action roundtable on powering India's rural health clinics and a media workshop in Uganda on agriculture/energy, supported the launch of AMDA's first minigrid industry benchmark report, and hosted two Energy Catalyst peer-to-peer learning sessions. Also, learn about new team members and our participation in upcoming events, including Africa Energy Forum 2020.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-september-2020

Campaign Update: July 2020

We joined a webinar on COVID-19's impact on CSOs, worked with WHO on spotlighting the need for rural clinic electrification, and published new articles on unlocking utilities of the future, and creating livelihoods through clean energy and agriculture.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-july-2020

Campaign Update: June 2020

We organized a webinar with Umeme Ltd, Konexa, Rocky Mountain Institute, and Duke University to explore business models for integrated electrification that are being deployed across sub-Saharan Africa. Also, we are excited to welcome two new members to our team.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-june-2020

Campaign Update: May 2020

A new dashboard of Power for All's various media channels shows the important role we're playing in communicating about the sector. We also coordinated a call to action to solarize unelectrified health clinics in rural in India that is expanding to Africa, and joined a webinar on the opportunity for solar DC appliances and were featured on a leading energy podcast.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-may-2020

Campaign Update: April 2020

CLEAN and Power for All hosted a webinar on COVID-19's impact on the India sector. Look out for an upcoming fireside chat hosted by ET EnergyWorld with Intenational Solar Agency (ISA) head Upendra Tripahty and our CEO Kristina Skierka on the solar sector's future. Also, our team went high/low fashion to liven things up on our pandemic team call. Can you say diva?

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-april-2020

Campaign Update: March 2020

We launched the Twaake integrated electrification initiative in Uganda, convened a clean cooking workforce focus group in Kenya, and participated in a sustainable energy in Africa webinar. Also, look out for our upcoming webinar with the Malabo Montpellier Panel on mini-grids and agriculture.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-march-2020

Campaign Update: February 2020

Our CEO Kristina Skierka was named as African Power and Energy Elites 2020 and we conducted a masterclass on marketing and communications for sector companies at the India Energy for All Summit 2020. Also learn about our participation at the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum in Nairobi.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-february-2020

Campaign Update: January 2020

We participated in the launch of the Sustainable Energy Jobs Platform at the IRENA’s 10th General Assembly in Abu Dhabi. Also learn about our participation in upcoming events in India and Nairobi.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-january-2020

Campaign Update: December 2019

Thank you to everyone who contributed to Power for All’s Giving Tuesday campaign! Your generosity has given us a great start to our first-ever fundraising campaign. If you didn’t have a chance to participate in the campaign, there are more days and more ways that you can help us reach our goal.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-december-2019

Campaign Update: November 2019

Power for All relies on contributions from supporters like you, and this month we have exciting news about our new fundraising campaign. We also joined leaders in Korea for the International Renewable Energy Conference (KIREC), engaged in a session on jobs at Global Green Growth Week, spoke at a meeting in Paris of Club ER, attended the Clean Cooking Forum 2019, and we entered into an editorial partnership with India’s ETEnergyWorld.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-november-2019

Campaign Update: October 2019

Our CEO Kristina Skierka participated in The Rockefeller Foundation launch of the Global Commission to End Energy Poverty (GCEEP) during UN Climate Week, which put forward a results-driven roadmap to end energy poverty by 2030. Our research team meanwhile attended the Smarter Mobility Summit and Financing the Future Summit. Next up: KIREC and Global Green Growth Week.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-october-2019

Campaign Update: September 2019

Power for All was part of a strategy session in Geneva of the Sustainable Energy & Jobs Platform, which was first announced in May at the United Nations by IRENA and the International Labor Organization (ILO), and included the World Bank, GGGI, UNIDO, Power for All and the European Commission.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-september-2019

Campaign Update: August 2019

Power for All presented a Utilities 2.0 progress report to Ugandan utility Umeme and reviewed business concepts that can be further developed and tested during demonstration phase. Also learn about our participation in upcoming events in London and Nairobi.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/august-campaign-update

Campaign Update: July 2019

Power for All and its partners officially launched Powering Jobs Census 2019: the Energy Access Workforce, the first annual survey measuring employment from decentralized renewables for rural electrification in Africa and Asia.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-july-2019

Campaign Update: June 2019

It’s hard to believe that Power for All launched nearly 5 years ago. Now at 10,300 followers on Twitter, we continue to add around 300 followers per month, and our average monthly impressions are hovering around 300,000.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-june-2019

Campaign Update: May 2019

A series of policy briefs were released recently by UNDESA at a High-Level Dialogue on the Implementation of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2019: A Mid-Point Review. Power for All’s CEO Kristina Skierka joined a panel to discuss the interlinkages between SDG7 and other other SDGs under review this year (SDG 4, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 13, SDG 16 and SDG 17). Power for All collaborated closely with IRENA and ILO to develop a policy brief on energy and jobs (one of 16 policy briefs related to SDG7), which were released at the event.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-may-2019

Campaign Update: April 2019

Power for All and a group of leading power companies will be announcing the campaign's latest Call to Action, Utilities 2.0: Integrated Energy for Optimal Impact, at the African Utility Week in Cape Town on May 14-16.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-april-2019

Campaign Update: February 2019

Power for All updated its website last year with the goal of improving our ability to spotlight more of the great stories coming out of the decentralized renewables sector. With that in mind, we are actively seeking to co-create content with you.

https://www.powerforall.org/campaigns/campaign-update-february-2019

Campaign Update: January 2019

Power for All and partners kicked off the Decentralized Renewable Energy Data Network (DREDN), further advanced the Utilities 2.0 pilot in Uganda, hosted #PoweringJobs focus groups in 3 countries.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-january-2019

Campaign Update: November 2018

Power for All is hiring for several openings, including operations, development, grant management and country-level coordinators. We also successfully launched the #PoweringJobs campaign, and continued to advance the sector forward in Nigeria.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-november-2018

Campaign Update: October 2018

Power for All and its partners are firing on all cylinders, kicking off exciting Utilities 2.0 work in Uganda, pushing a "25x25" market activation concept forward at IOREC and ECOWAS, launching an energy access jobs campaign, and moving the needle in Nigeria.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/october-2018-campaign-updates

Campaign Update: September 2018

Nigeria’s Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) Task Force which was set up under the Scaling Off Grid Energy (SOGE) project of the USAID and Power Africa and implemented by Power for All met on September 18th to discuss actionable steps that will accelerate the sector.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update

Campaign Update: August 2018

With the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, Power for All organized an intimate gathering of energy access leaders in July. At the event were representatives of African, Asian and European utilities and government agencies (energy ministries, rural electrification agencies, etc), private sector companies engaged in residential solar and mini-grids, and funders and researchers, all keen to begin a discussion on the future of power utilities in low energy access countries, and to explore ways to pilot new models of electricity services that integrate centralized and decentralized solutions.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-august-2018

Campaign Update: July 2018

Power for All wrapped up its DRE101 trainings under the Scaling Off-Grid Energy (SOGE) project with two trainings in the Nigerian cities of Kano and Ibadan. The workshops were targeted at policymakers from the North-West and South-West states respectively.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-july-2018

Campaign Update: June 2018

During two regional DRE 101 workshop in Kogi and Enugu with high-level state and regional policymakers, the Power for All team received a deluge of requests from other states for similar training. Power for All has been conducting the trainings as part of the Scaling Off-Grid Energy (SOGE) project, but was only funded to do a series of six regions.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates

Campaign Update: May 2018

Power for All had a significant presence at the SEforALL Forum. CEO Kristina Skierka joined a high-level panel on “Electricity for All in Sub-Saharan Africa”, and research director Rebekah Shirley guided an interactive working session called the “Energy Access Dividend- Data that Informs and Influences”, looking at how to further research on socio-economic impacts of electricity access, with participation from Acumen, Duke University, RVE.SOL, wPower Hub and the World Health Organization.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-may-2018

Campaign Update: April 2018

Power for All worked closely with our partner, the Africa Mini-grid Developers Association (AMDA), to help launch the world’s first trade group focused exclusively on the full-range of mini-grid solutions.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-april-2018

Campaign Update: March 2018

Power For All has kicked-off its next phase of work in support of Ethiopia's ground-breaking National Electrification Plan (NEP), which includes integrated energy planning, result-based approaches and incorporating technologies and business models that will help achieve the NEP’s decentralized renewable energy (DRE) access targets of 7.7 million households (35 percent of total households).

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-march-2018-power-all

Campaign Update: February 2018

A partnership between Power Africa, the US Global Development Lab, USAID Nigeria, FHI360 and Power for All launched a decentralized renewable energy (DRE) taskforce in Nigeria to accelerate modern electricity access initiatives. DRE solutions are an important tool for Nigeria to better exploit the full range of its renewable energy resources, especially with delivering energy to remote communities. The partnership was formed under the Scaling Off Grid Energy (SOGE) Grand Challenge for Development, which aims to accelerate growth of DRE solutions and provide 20 million households in sub-Saharan Africa with access to modern, clean and affordable electricity.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-february-2018-power-all

Campaign Update: 2018 Plans

2018 is a pivotal year, with a high-level global spotlight on SDG7 and universal energy access. Power for All will be redoubling its efforts to advocate on behalf of the DRE sector and catalyze markets, while also going deeper on a few key themes: integrated energy (with a focus on the future role of utilities, including mini-grids), the SDG7 nexus with other development goals, skills and jobs, and knowledge sharing.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-2018-plans-power-all

Campaign Updates: October 2017

Together with SEforALL, Power for All will launch a new report, "Why Wait? Seizing the Energy Access Dividend" at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn on November. 16. The Energy Access Dividend concept was originally put forward by Power for All in 2016, based on the need to account for the missed opportunities of individuals and nations of not having energy access.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-october-2017

Campaign Update: September 2017

Find out about recent activities and the upcoming events where Power for All will be profiling decentralized renewables—and get involved!

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-september-2017

Campaign Update: July-August 2017

Campaign Update: June 2017

Find out about recent activities and the up-coming events where Power for All will be profiling decentralized renewables—and get involved!

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-june-2017

“25x25”: A Collaborative Vision to Scale Access

It’s been two years since Power for All launched at the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) forum on May 21, 2015. Since then, the campaign’s greatest successes—from elevating messages on the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector with nearly 1 billion media impressions or securing ecosystem-wide commitments from government, private sector and civil society to grow DRE in energy-poor countries—have been possible by working with and through our nearly 200 partners around the world.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/25x25-collaborative-vision-scale-access

Campaign Update: May 2017

Find out about recent activities and the up-coming events where Power for All is profiling decentralized renewables—and get involved!

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-may-2017

Campaign Update: April 2017

New York, 3-5 April, Sustainable Energy for All Forum Power for All's advocacy and communications team joined the forum to launch our latest Call to Action, meet with partners and to hear the latest developments in energy access.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-april-2017

The most recent market intelligence report from Lighting Global, the World Bank Group’s platform to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market, and GOGLA, the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association, has again shown rapid growth and change in the sector.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/market-intelligence-report-first-half-2016

Power for All will host a media workshop for Zimbabwe press and media to provide an overview of the decentralized renewables sector, highlight the impact of clean energy technologies and profile local organisations and enterprises working to increase energy access.

https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-august-2016