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Decentralized systems will play a significant role in providing access to electricity in Africa in the coming decades. This requires fascilitating and encouraging bottom up approaches to electrification. In several countries in Africa, there are women social associations and this associations could be the power providers for their communities. This requires research and capacity building to support the women in identifying the right technology and managing the system. Governments should provide collateral to fascilitate access to finance. The women have every potential to be the power producers, distributors and consumers of their communities.
Decentralized systems will
Submitted by Anteneh Dagnachew on Tue, 08/11/2016 - 08:34 Permalink
Decentralized systems will play a significant role in providing access to electricity in Africa in the coming decades. This requires fascilitating and encouraging bottom up approaches to electrification. In several countries in Africa, there are women social associations and this associations could be the power providers for their communities. This requires research and capacity building to support the women in identifying the right technology and managing the system. Governments should provide collateral to fascilitate access to finance. The women have every potential to be the power producers, distributors and consumers of their communities.