Programme Strategy

Over 1.4 billion people in the world do not have access to electricity and rely on expensive, polluting fuels such as kerosene or traditional biomass to meet their needs. The majority of these people live in sub sahara Africa.

Renewable World’s East Africa strategy focuses on addressing the specific issues faced by poor people in this region. Poor communities are often separated by vast distances from trading economies and rarely have basic infrastructure (roads, energy services, ITC services) in place. Poor rural communities are frequently isolated from markets and market systems and are typically not only poor but often lack the education and skills to successfully access markets . Climate change is, in particular, affecting the rural poor where the seasonality of rain fall has become unpredictable and the vast majority of families is reliant on subsistence farming for food and has access to only a low level of disposable income.

Given this context, Renewable World targets the most isolated and disadvantaged communities and aims to catalyse micro-economies through the provision of affordable renewable energy services. Integrated energy service systems provide particular benefits in the African context: energy services for pumping water and crop irrigation combat increasingly unreliable seasonality of rainfall while connectivity through mobile phone charging & tacking the digital divide enable negotiation for sales of produce to maximize return on investment.

Programme Activities

Wind Powered Irrigation for Mipandi Farmers Association