Energy

Productive use appliances using renewable energy (PURE) have the potential to boost productivity by 50-400%, and therefore the revenues of dozens of millions of smallholder farmers. 

With such a strong business case, why are they not scaling faster?

Climate change is already hitting the world's poorest regions hard: millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) currently rely on rainwater to grow their crops, with extreme climate events increasingly threatening their resilience.

Irrigation in SSA lags far behind global averages (2-5% of cropland vs. 20%), mainly due to the high operating and acquisition costs of available irrigation solutions (manual and motor pumps). Fortunately, innovative technologies (solar-powered pumps) and business models (PayGo and irrigation as a service) have recently emerged to overcome this affordability barrier.

Last mile distributors of off-grid solar (OGS) standalone products report finding it increasingly difficult to identify and procure quality, price-competitive products, due to challenges throughout the value chain…

This brand new research from the Global Distributors Collective, supported by Transforming Energy Access, provides an in-depth look at the progress and impact of The GDC members and explores last mile distribution trends…

As the off-grid solar (OGS) market has matured, and product choice has expanded, distributors and customers report finding it increasingly difficult to…

Over the past 10 years, a large network of off-grid solar (OGS) product manufacturers and distributors have been tackling the electrification challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa…

The ‘Last Mile Distribution: State of the Sector report’, written by Hystra along with the Global Distributors Collective (GDC)’s…

The energy access landscape has been moving rapidly in the past few years: new technologies, emerging leaders, Pay-as-you-Go, momentum for renewables, etc…

Over the last two decades, a range of affordable devices and equipment have been created that can provide the 4 billion people at the BoP with life-changing benefits…

For the poorest 4 billion people in the world, access to modern, clean and safe energy is an entry into a new life….