Category: Member article
Digitising the mini-grid sector – 15 years of experience developing digital tools for DRE
Mini-grids and distributed renewable energy involve many small systems, customers and transactions: as their numbers grow, so does the complexity of managing them. For more than 15 years, INENSUS has developed digital tools that help operators, regulators, results-based financing (RBF) […]
Outgrowing your systems: How to scale operations without starting over
Growth is good news, until the systems behind your business start slowing it down. For off-grid solar companies, the warning signs are familiar: hours spent reconciling payments, field teams working with outdated information, customer issues falling between departments, or reports […]
KYA-SolDesign: Africa’s first solar sizing software – Finding the balance between cost & reliability
A solar system that is too expensive for the customer to afford, or one that is cheaper but fails to meet their energy needs after sunset, is a poorly designed system. These two pitfalls are holding back the growth of […]
Fortis Green Renewables & Zeitinger Invest are providing growth equity to scale GRIPS’ C&I solar & battery-storage platform
Fortis Green Renewables Investment Management and Zeitinger Invest Provide Growth Equity to the GRIPS Energy Group to accelerate Commercial & Industrial solar and storage investments across sub-Saharan Africa Fortis Green Renewables Investment Management and Zeitinger Invest GmbH have invested in […]
Build, buy, or build on? Rethinking the software decision for PAYGo founders
When a last-mile energy company outgrows spreadsheets, the next conversation is almost always about software: should we build our own system or buy a platform? We’ve had that conversation with more than 150 distributors over the past decade. The answer […]
From digital brokerage to digital infrastructure: Rethinking how clean energy reaches MSMEs
Across Nigeria, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) need reliable, affordable energy to operate and grow. Yet selecting suitable technology, finding capable providers and securing workable financing remain barriers to adoption. Addressing these challenges requires coordination across the entire project […]
Africa Via, AXIAN, PIDG & FMO sign EUR 50 million financing agreement for the Kong Solaire Project
Côte d’Ivoire, 16 October 2026 – Kong Solaire SAS, a project company owned by Africa Via, Axian and ARE Member Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) through InfraCo, its project development solution, has signed a financing agreement with FMO, the Dutch […]
Government of Burundi & Anzana’s Weza Power sign a USD 1.4 billion public-private partnership to accelerate national electrification
Bujumbura, Burundi – 16 October 2026 – The Government of Burundi and Weza Power, an Anzana Electric Group company, signed a public-private partnership (PPP) that will mobilise USD 1.4 billion to accelerate electrification in Burundi. The 25-year agreement, targeting grid […]
Anzana Electric Group sign agreement with USTDA to advance strategic electricity infrastructure along the Lobito Corridor
22 September 2026, New York, NY – The U.S. Trade and Development Agency is strengthening power infrastructure along the Lobito Corridor, a strategic logistics route in Central and Southern Africa vital to diversifying America’s critical minerals supply chains. On the […]
Energise Africa funds Kudura Power’s 2 MW mini-grid in Turkana, Kenya
ARE Members Energise Africa and Kudura Power East Africa Ltd have agreed terms to fund the development of a 2 MW green mini-grid in Kakuma camp, Turkana County, Kenya. The project will deliver clean, reliable electricity to one of Kenya’s […]