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What does it mean to live
without electricity?

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Electricity changes everything — it powers our days and brightens our nights, both at work and at home.

Hindered education and health

Less money for schooling and healthcare due to lower income.

Limited business hours

No capacity to conduct commercial activities after dusk.

Short shelf-life of goods

Inability to refrigerate products, causing perishables to spoil quickly.

How was life before having
access to electricity?

“Without electricity, it's really deplorable for schools, for livelihoods, for all angles of the community, all stages of the community. Where you don't see electricity, you don't see life in the community.”

Kumba Kasse-Gborie - Sierra Leone

"Before, we were completely in the dark, there was no electricity at all. Even my phone charging center. I managed to mount a single solar panel, but it was not enough. Thank God for the coming of this power. Now I can do my business to perfection."

Amara Kalokoh - Madagascar

"I used to buy solar batteries, which cost a lot of money, and would break easily. Within a month, they would break. But now I'm happy and I appreciate the impact that this solar energy has created for us."

Mahmoud Conteh - Nigeria

Electricity brings a new beginning to communities, keeping businesses open late, boosting family incomes, and opening doors to better education and health.

We bring light
to those in need‍

Access to sustainable energy is a human issue. That means our successes and failures have real human consequences. We are dedicated to never forgetting the people who will feel the difference in their lives if we succeed.

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The UEF has already begun scaling their impact all across the African Continent.

Stand Alone Solar

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Mini-Grids

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An Ambitious
Solution

500K

Clean energy
connections

This means people can benefit from new or improve energy connections in households, small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), and public institutions such as schools and health facilities.

2.5m

People benefiting from clean energy and clean cooking

This improves health by reducing indoor air pollution, empowers women by freeing up time, protects the environment by reducing deforestation, and boosts economies through job creation and increased productivity.

8K

Full time equivalent jobs supported

Creating green jobs boosts the economy by generating business and employment opportunities. It reduces inequality, improves living standards, and drives innovation while combating climate change.

1m

TCO2 emissions reduced or avoided *

This is equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions from: 215,912 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year.
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* Cumulative, over system lifespan.‍

Results-based Financing

Madagascar

25394

People benefitting from new or improved access to household electricity

645

Businesses/institutions powered

Million (USD) directly and indirectly leveraged

Developers

Africa GreenTec
Anka Madagascar
Autarsys
WeLight

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Results-based Financing

Nigeria

1490

People benefitting from new or improved access to household electricity

2033

Businesses/institutions powered

Million (USD) directly and indirectly leveraged

Developers

Ashipa Electric
Ceesolar Energy Ltd
Cloud Energy
Creeds Energy
Darway Coast
Havenhill Synergy
Hotspot Network Ltd
Konexa
Nebular Engineering
Noemdek Limited
Oolu Solar
PAM Africa
POA Energy
Prado Power Limited
Solad
SUNFI

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Our results

31K

People benefitting from new or improved access to household electricity

3K

Businesses/institutions powered

5

Operational countries

19m

Funding (USD) directly and indirectly leveraged

6K

MW of PV capacity installed

4K

TCO2 emissions reduced or avoided (per year)

201

Full time equivalent jobs supported

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Mini-Grid

UEF and GIZ bring clean and reliable power to 700 people with a new mini-grid in Benin

The first UEF mini-grid project in Benin is already providing sustainable and reliable electricity.

Mini-Grid

UEF launches financing mechanism to expand energy access in Zambia

Zambia Energy Demand Stimulation Incentive (ZEDSI) launched. ZEDSI is a new financial mechanism focused on supporting mini-grid developers as part of a larger Presidential Initiative to reach 1,000 communities that was announced at COP28. ZEDSI is led by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll) with support from the Government of the Republic of Zambia.

Announcement

UEF launches #FinancingEnergyProsperity campaign showcasing the life-changing power of clean energy investments in Africa

The Universal Energy Facility (UEF), a multi-donor results-based financing (RBF) facility managed by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), has launched #FinancingEnergyProsperity: a communications campaign seeking to raise awareness of the need to collaborate in building Africa's local clean energy markets.