ARE Member OFGEN commissioned 1.1 MW captive solar PV system at the GSK headquarters in Nairobi

5 August 2021 - Britain's healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has installed an Sh108 million solar plant at its Nairobi factory. READ MORE

ARE Member CrossBoundary Energy to supply solar and wind power to the Rio Tinto mine in Madagascar

28 July 2021 - Renewable energy provider ARE Member CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Anglo-Australian mining company Rio READ MORE

Geocoton Advens Group and ARE Member Bboxx partnership to scale up clean energy access in Burkina Faso

29 July 2021 - Geocoton Advens Group and ARE Member Bboxx have entered into a partnership to facilitate access to clean energy in Burkina Faso and other countries READ MORE

ARE Member Ossi-Yeto's drive to develop Angola’s power sector and electrify rural areas

20 July 2021 - João Carlos Germano e Silva, vice-president of business development at Ossi-Yeto, talks to The Energy Year about the company’s drive to develop Angola’s power sector and electrify rural areas. READ MORE

MyJouleBox, a leading West African solar operator, secures EUR 3m Series A round from ARE financier members to boost growth in core markets

ARE Member EDFI ElectriFI invested a total of EUR 1.5m split (under the Benin Country Window funded by the European Union) for EUR 500,000 into equity alongside ARE Member READ MORE

PowerGen partners with CrossBoundary Energy Access, Oikocredit, Triodos Investment Management and EDFI ElectriFI to connect 55,000 people to electricity in rural Nigeria

22 July 2021 - ARE Member PowerGen, the leading developer in Africa of on-grid and off-grid distributed energy, has secured long term project financing to connect 55,000 people to electricity i READ MORE

ARE and ACER Sign MoU to Speed Up Energy Access Uptake in Cameroon

20 July 2021 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Cameroonian Association for Renewable Energies (ACER) and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE). READ MORE

ARE Member Inensus GmbH to increase the profitability of mini-grids in agricultural value chains through its joint venture Volt-Terra with grant funding from PREO

16 July 2021 - VOLT-TERRA seeks to increase profitability of mini-grids in agricultural value chains by applying the cutting-edge KeyMaker Model (KMM). READ MORE

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