GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Geographical Scope

Main Objectives

To increase energy access through private sector innovation and investment in off-grid household solar energy

Main Activities

Technical assistance to improve the enabling environment for a market based approach for private sector delivery of solar home system (SHS) products and services (Policy and Regulatory Reform, investment readiness, learning and Coordination),

Finance for businesses wanting to enter new and emerging SHS markets in sub-Saharan Africa for their start up and early commercialisation of ideas

Test innovative approaches to stimulating private sector investment and a market development.

Outcomes and Impact

Negotiations involved

Countries Active

Type of Technical Assistance

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

Modes of Financing

Grant

Annual Budget (in millions)

65.00

Currency Used

Euro

Patnering Entities

Development Partner

The European Union (EU)

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Financing Agency

Implementing Agency

International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (IBRD)

Financing Agency

Energy Sectors and Subsectors

Energy Access

Off-grid/Stand-alone Systems

SDG Focus

Aspiration 1: Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Agenda 2063 Focus

Sources

https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-204637

https://africancleanenergy.com/

Contact Person or Organisation

African Clean Energy BV, Willem de Zwijgerlaan 13-3, 1056 JD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

African Clean Energy, Impact Hub Amsterdam, Linnaeusstraat 2C, 1092 CK Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Africa 50

Author — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 07:49:15 +0000

Africa 50 Author Wed, 12/02/2020 - 10:49

In 2012, in their Declaration on the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa, African heads of state called for innovative solutions to accelerate infrastructure delivery. After broad consultations with African stakeholders, the African Development Bank established Africa50 as a new investment vehicle. It was designed as an independent infrastructure fund that focuses on high-impact national and regional projects, mostly in the energy and transport sectors, with a particular emphasis on increasing the pipeline of investment-ready projects.

Start Year

2012

End Year

Ongoing

Status

Geographical Scope

Main Objectives

Main Activities

Outcomes and Impact

Annual Budget (in millions)

0.00

Currency Used

Euro

Patnering Entities

Energy Sectors and Subsectors

SDG Focus

Aspiration 1: Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Agenda 2063 Focus

Aspiration 2: Pan-Africanism and Renaissance vision

Aspiration 3: Governance, Democracy, Justice and Rule of law

Aspiration 5: African culture, heritage, values and ethics

Aspiration 6: People Driven: Women, Youth and Children

Sources

https://www.africa50.com

African-European Union Strategic Partnership (AEUSP)

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African-European Union Strategic Partnership (AEUSP) Admin Mon, 01/25/2021 - 10:38

The Africa-EU Strategic Partnership is the formal channel through which the European Union and the African continent work together. It is based on the Joint Africa-Europe Strategy that was adopted by Heads of State and Government at the second EU-Africa Summit in 2007.

Start Year

2007

End Year

Ongoing

Status

Geographical Scope

Main Objectives

Main Activities

Outcomes and Impact

Negotiations involved

Countries Active

Annual Budget (in millions)

0.00

Currency Used

Euro

Type of Intervention

African Union Commission (AUC)

Patnering Entities

The European Union (EU)

Energy Sectors and Subsectors

SDG Focus

GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality

GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Aspiration 1: Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Agenda 2063 Focus

Aspiration 2: Pan-Africanism and Renaissance vision

Aspiration 3: Governance, Democracy, Justice and Rule of law

Aspiration 5: African culture, heritage, values and ethics

Aspiration 6: People Driven: Women, Youth and Children

Sources

https://tuningafrica.org/en/the-africa-eu-partnership#:~:text=The%20Africa-EU%20Strategic%20Partnership,EU-Africa%20Summit%20in%202007.

Verification Documents

Roadmap 2014-2017 (3.67 MB)

Regional Strategy on Scaling Up Access to Modern Energy Services

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Regional Strategy on Scaling Up Access to Modern Energy Services Admin Tue, 01/19/2021 - 16:17

The EAC Regional Strategy on Scaling-Up Access to Modern Energy Services aims to increase access to modern energy services by adopting High Impact, Low Cost scalable approaches. It addresses four key targets that are key to poverty reduction and sustainable development in line with the 7th UN Sustainable Development Goal. The four targets include:

Access to modern cooking practices for 50% of traditional biomass users;
Access to reliable electricity for all urban and peri-urban poor;
Access to modern energy services for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centres; and
Access to mechanical power within the community for all productive services.

Start Year

2004

End Year

Ongoing

Status

Geographical Scope

Main Objectives

To scale up energy services in East Africa to support the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Main Activities

Enable the use of modern fuels for 50% of those who at present use traditional biomass for cooking

Access to reliable modern energy services for all urban and peri-urban poor.

Electricity for services such as lighting, refrigeration, information and communication technology, and water treatment and supply for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centres

Access to mechanical power within the community for all communities for productive uses

Outcomes and Impact

Increasing adoption of improved cook stoves

Increasing LPG distribution and consumption in urban centers

Mini-hydro systems

Connecting 460,000 urban households to electricity

Grid connection (within 10 km of existing transmission and distribution lines)

Diesel Multifunctional platforms (MFPs)

Bagasse Cogeneration

Negotiations involved

Countries Active

Type of Technical Assistance

Operative program / Delivery mechanism (downstream)

Annual Budget (in millions)

0.00

Currency Used

Euro

Type of Intervention

Patnering Entities

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Development Partner

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Financing Agency

East African Community (EAC)

Energy Sectors and Subsectors

Energy Access

Electricity

Grid-connected Systems

SDG Focus

Aspiration 1: Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Agenda 2063 Focus

Sources

https://www.uncclearn.org/wp-content/uploads/library/undp65.pdf

https://www.eac.int/energy/renewable-energy/projects-and-programmes

Verification Documents

Report (692.7 KB)

Oil for Development Programme

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Oil for Development Programme Admin Tue, 01/19/2021 - 15:57

The Oil for Development (OfD) Programme offers assistance to developing countries in their effort to manage petroleum resources in a sustainable manner. Oil and gas play an important role in an increasing number of developing countries, and has the potential to generate economic and social development. In several cases, however, it has proven difficult to translate the resource into improved welfare for citizens of those countries.

Norway continues to receive numerous requests from countries that wish to learn from our experience in petroleum management, which is why the Government of Norway initiated the Oil for Development (OfD) Programme in 2005.

Through the OfD Programme, Norway shares its experience from more than five decades of managing oil and gas resources. Some key characteristics of the Norwegian experience are:

strategic ownership by the state, strong and competent institutions
continual accumulation of technical knowledge, an advanced regulatory system with high respect for the environment, health and safety
the society’s determination to secure national control over petroleum resources

Start Year

2005

End Year

Ongoing

Status

Geographical Scope

Main Objectives

To reduce poverty by promoting economically, environmentally and socially responsible management of petroleum resources.

Main Activities

The authorities have established a legal and regulatory framework for the petroleum sector

The authorities manage the petroleum sector according to their mandate

The authorites are transparent in their management of the petroleum sector, and the public holds the authorities accountable Accountability is necessary both for preventing

Outcomes and Impact

The OfD Steering Committee has granted approval for a limited cooperation programme with Benin.

Norway and Kenya have developed a comprehensive programme for institutional cooperation, but the formal agreement is yet to be signed.

Norway has been providing petroleumrelated support to Mozambique for more than 30 years.

Further OfD support to South Sudanese authorities is contingent on political commitment to implementing the peace agreement and the extent to which the OfD programme possesses the tools needed to support the same peace agreement.

Enhanced legal and regulatory framework in Angola

Increased institutional capacity in Angola

Negotiations involved

Countries Active

Type of Technical Assistance

Institutional development

Operative program / Delivery mechanism (downstream)

Modes of Financing

Grant

Annual Budget (in millions)

0.00

Currency Used

Euro

Type of Intervention

Patnering Entities

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD

Development Partner

Energy Sectors and Subsectors

Non-renewable Energy

Oil/Oil Products

SDG Focus

GOAL 1: No Poverty

Aspiration 1: Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Agenda 2063 Focus

Sources

https://www.norad.no/en/front/thematic-areas/oil-for-development/

Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa

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Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa Admin Wed, 12/16/2020 - 12:15

The Lagos Plan of Action (officially the Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa) was an Organisation of African Unity-backed plan to increase Africa's self-sufficiency. The plan blamed Africa's economic crisis on the Structural Adjustment Programs of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund and the vulnerability of African economies to worldwide economic shocks, such as the 1973 oil crisis. It has been characterized as the collective response of African states to the growing reliance of Western economies on the ideology of neoliberalism, which was summed up perfectly in the World Bank's 1981 Berg report, which replaced the LPA as the guiding economic document for Africa in the 1980s.

The report claimed that development in Africa could be achieved by a decreased reliance on raw material extraction, industrialization, global equality in trade relations and an increase in development aid from the international community. Africanist scholars noted the absence in the report of any blame on, or calls for reform of, domestic governments of Africa. This contrasts significantly with the Berg Report, which apportioned blame solely on the Africa leaders themselves, with the international community taking no responsibility for their part in Africa's demise.

The Lagos Plan of Action declared the African energy situation to be disturbing and rising at a rate that should cause serious concern. With consumption of Energy increasing at a rate that causes concern for the continent's energy supplies, the lack of an African national energy policy in most African countries was a major problem. The Plan identified the need to diversify energy sources, the lack of funding, limited manpower, and the lack of standardization in the energy sector. In the long term, the Plan recommended exploring fossil fuels, hydropower, nuclear power, and new and renewable energy sources.

Start Year

1980

End Year

2000

Status

Completed

Geographical Scope

Main Objectives

To minimize Africa's links with Western countries by maximizing Africa's own resources.

Main Activities

Outcomes and Impact

Negotiations involved

Countries Active

Egypt

Burkina Faso

Information analysis/assessment

Type of Technical Assistance

Dialogue and networking

Institutional development

Annual Budget (in millions)

0.00

Currency Used

Euro

Type of Intervention

African Union Commission (AUC)

Patnering Entities

Implementing Agency

Energy Sectors and Subsectors

Coal/peat/Coal Products/Peat Products

SDG Focus

GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality

GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Agenda 2063 Focus

Aspiration 1: Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Aspiration 2: Pan-Africanism and Renaissance vision

Aspiration 3: Governance, Democracy, Justice and Rule of law

Aspiration 5: African culture, heritage, values and ethics

Aspiration 6: People Driven: Women, Youth and Children

Sources

Organisation of African Unity (OAU). Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa 1980 - 2000

Verification Documents

OAU 1980 Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa.pdf (212.23 KB)

Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)

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Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Author Fri, 12/04/2020 - 23:24

PIDA is a continent-wide program to develop a vision, policies, strategies and a programme for the development of priority regional and continental infrastructure in transport, energy, trans-boundary water and ICT. The Program’s Sector Studies, which are to be supported by the requested IPPF Grant, will prepare detailed analysis of strategic options for the development of the continental infrastructure in Transport, Energy, ICT and Trans-boundary Water based on a common vision to emanate from consultative/validation workshops at sector, regional and continental levels.

Start Year

2010

End Year

2030

Status

Geographical Scope

Main Objectives

To promote socio-economic development and poverty reduction in Africa through improved access to integrated regional and continental infrastructure networks and services

Main Activities

Bring together and merge various continental infrastructure initiatives, such as the NEPAD Short Term Action Plan, the NEAD Medium to Long Term Strategic Framework (MLTSF), and the AU Infrastructure Master Plans initiatives into one coherent program

Outcomes and Impact

Hydro Electric power plants

Regional transmission interconnections

Petroleum/Gas Pipeline

Negotiations involved

Countries Active

Type of Technical Assistance

Information analysis/assessment

Dialogue and networking

Institutional development

Annual Budget (in millions)

11.39

Currency Used

US Dollar

Type of Intervention

Operative program / Delivery mechanism (downstream)

Patnering Entities

African Union Commission (AUC)

Implementing Agency

African Development Bank (AfDB)

African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)

Development Partner

Energy Sectors and Subsectors

SDG Focus

Aspiration 1: Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Agenda 2063 Focus

Aspiration 2: Pan-Africanism and Renaissance vision

Aspiration 3: Governance, Democracy, Justice and Rule of law

Aspiration 5: African culture, heritage, values and ethics

Aspiration 6: People Driven: Women, Youth and Children

Africa Energy Transition Programme

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Africa Energy Transition Programme Author Thu, 12/03/2020 - 18:07

Start Year

2019

End Year

Ongoing

Status

Geographical Scope

Main Objectives

Main Activities

Outcomes and Impact

Negotiations involved

Countries Active

Information analysis/assessment

Type of Technical Assistance

Dialogue and networking

Annual Budget (in millions)

0.00

Currency Used

Euro

Type of Intervention

African Energy Commission - AFREC

Patnering Entities

Implementing Agency

Energy Sectors and Subsectors

SDG Focus

GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality

Aspiration 1: Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Agenda 2063 Focus

Aspiration 2: Pan-Africanism and Renaissance vision

Aspiration 3: Governance, Democracy, Justice and Rule of law

Aspiration 5: African culture, heritage, values and ethics

Aspiration 6: People Driven: Women, Youth and Children

Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP)

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Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) Author Wed, 12/02/2020 - 16:11

The Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement are the world’s commitment to safeguarding the global commons. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), with its unique mandate to support inclusive and sustainable industrial development, has partnered with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address the most pressing global environmental challenges of our time. Through fostering innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems, UNIDO and GEF seek to promote affordable and scalable solutions enabling our partner countries to leapfrog to cleaner, more resilient economies.

The GCIP promotes an innovation and entrepreneur ecosystem by identifying and nurturing cleantech innovators and entrepreneurs; by building capacity within national institutions and partner organizations for the sustainable implementation of the cleantech ecosystem and accelerator approach; and by supporting and working with national policy makers to strengthen the supportive policy framework for SMEs and entrepreneurs.

Through this cleantech ecosystem and accelerator approach, the GCIP catalyzes investment to support and accelerate startup entrepreneurs towards the development and commercialization of their innovative ideas.

Partnerships and close collaboration with all national stakeholders are critical to maximize synergies and share knowledge and best practices that can help in enhancing the contribution of cleantech startups towards climate change mitigation, while increasing productivity and generating growth and wealth.

Start Year

2016

End Year

Ongoing

Status

Geographical Scope

United Nations Industrial Development Organization - UNIDO

Main Objectives

Main Activities

Outcomes and Impact

Countries Active

Morocco

South Africa

Annual Budget (in millions)

0.00

Currency Used

Euro

Patnering Entities

Global Environment Facility - GEF

Energy Sectors and Subsectors

Energy Efficiency

Renewable Energy

SDG Focus

GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Verification Documents

GCIP-Brochure.pdf (4.14 MB)

Energy and Environment Partnership - EEP Africa

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Energy and Environment Partnership - EEP Africa Author Wed, 12/02/2020 - 14:38

The Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa) is a clean energy financing facility hosted and managed by the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) with funding from Austria, Finland and NDF. It is guided by a vision for a climate-resilient, zero-carbon future with the aim of contributing to the achievement of the Paris Agreement on climate change and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

EEP Africa provides early-stage grant and catalytic financing to innovative clean energy projects, technologies and business models in 15 countries across Southern and East Africa. Since 2010, EEP Africa has invested close to EUR 50 million in 250 pioneering projects.

Start Year

2002

End Year

2020

Status

Geographical Scope