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My comments are related to what institutions like the bank can do for women and girls within the light up and power Africa.
As already said in one of the comments made earlier ; it is very urgent that focus be put on cooking solutions if we want to reduce negative impact of energy poverty on African women and girls. Around .60.% of Africa population stay in rural areas and more than 50% are women and girls. They are the ones to collect wood for cooking and it is a heavy burden, especially for girls who have also to go to schools and are supposed to revise their lessons the evening. Appropriate Cooking and lighting solutions have two main advantages:
• economic: it would be financially affordable and with very little running costs;
• Environmental: reduction of deforestation From the experience the big power generation projects are very important but are also difficult to deliver quickly. They take years to materialize . Connections capacity may also constitute another challenges for rural areas , as utilities are more interested by main towns where potential consumers are concentrated. Moreover, many African utilities will need substantial reforms and huge financial support to be able to provide power in main cities as well as rural areas. This changes will require time to concretize To increase generation capacity, the recent trend is to build partnership between IPP and public sector through power utilities. The bank is rightly encouraging also this useful partnership. In doing so, the issue of price will have to carefully be reviewed, so that to make it affordable to segment of vulnerable population among which girls and women. In the meantime, the bank by putting efforts on big power projects, led by utilities and IPPs, there is also need for local solutions for poor people, women and girls in rural and in sub urban areas. Appropriate financing mechanisms should then be part of the top priority to set up; and climate finance could be one of the opportunities to explore.
My comments are related to
Soumis par Patrice HORUGAVYE le ven, 14/10/2016 - 15:57 Permalien
My comments are related to what institutions like the bank can do for women and girls within the light up and power Africa.
As already said in one of the comments made earlier ; it is very urgent that focus be put on cooking solutions if we want to reduce negative impact of energy poverty on African women and girls. Around .60.% of Africa population stay in rural areas and more than 50% are women and girls. They are the ones to collect wood for cooking and it is a heavy burden, especially for girls who have also to go to schools and are supposed to revise their lessons the evening. Appropriate Cooking and lighting solutions have two main advantages:
• economic: it would be financially affordable and with very little running costs;
• Environmental: reduction of deforestation From the experience the big power generation projects are very important but are also difficult to deliver quickly. They take years to materialize . Connections capacity may also constitute another challenges for rural areas , as utilities are more interested by main towns where potential consumers are concentrated. Moreover, many African utilities will need substantial reforms and huge financial support to be able to provide power in main cities as well as rural areas. This changes will require time to concretize To increase generation capacity, the recent trend is to build partnership between IPP and public sector through power utilities. The bank is rightly encouraging also this useful partnership. In doing so, the issue of price will have to carefully be reviewed, so that to make it affordable to segment of vulnerable population among which girls and women. In the meantime, the bank by putting efforts on big power projects, led by utilities and IPPs, there is also need for local solutions for poor people, women and girls in rural and in sub urban areas. Appropriate financing mechanisms should then be part of the top priority to set up; and climate finance could be one of the opportunities to explore.