Electrification experts from across Africa compared details of ground-level implementation of projects at a meeting in Dakar, Senegal on November 14-16.

The World Bank in November approved US$297 million in loans to Morocco to help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant.

A workshop in Dakar organized by the Africa Electrification Initiative reviewed the early results from pilot countries on integrating gender into energy operations.

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Closing the energy access gap is more within the reach of African countries today than it was ever before.

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The report analyzes women’s role as both consumers and entrepreneurs and identifies women-specific opportunities in the expanding market for modern off-grid lighting.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, energy security is affected by several key developments: population growth, accelerated urbanization, economic development and relative price changes of other energy options. These developments have offset important achievements made in the last decade in energy access, rural electrification, and the promotion of alternative energy sources.

In Kenya, Mali, Senegal, and Tanzania, the groundwork is being laid for a new vision of energy access that includes the needs of both men and women.

A new report recommends a number of measures to make transportation in Zarqa—Jordan's second-most densely populated city—more energy efficient and environmentally friendly.

Several case studies of urban energy efficiency best practices are now available in EECI’s project database.

The Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy (TRACE) is a diagnostic tool for analyzing energy use (by sector) in cities.

At the just concluded 21st Annual World Energy Congress, in Montreal Canada, ESMAP joined a panel of experts to discuss challenges facing the energy industry in providing for the world’s expanding urban populations.