Five PAYGO Solar Companies Integrated into Swifta’s Agent Network
Following a rigorous User Acceptance Test (UAT), five leading Solar Home Systems companies—Azuri Technologies, A Solar, Oolu Solar, Smarter Grid International (SGI) and Sosai Renewable Energy Company—were successfully integrated into Swifta’s 20,000+ strong cash collection agent network. The integration would ease subscription collection from unbanked Pay As You Go (PAYGO) customers. The six-week integration was financed and project managed by The Nigeria Off-grid Market Acceleration Program (NOMAP), a market building program jointly supported by the Shell Foundation and USAID. NOMAP is focused on implementing high-impact initiatives that address the current payment difficulties faced by Solar Home Systems (SHS) companies, especially …
NoMAP Signs MOU with SHS Companies to Pilot Off-Grid Payment System
NoMAP has signed MOUs with five Solar Home Systems companies to finance and manage their integration into a network of cash collection agents across the country to facilitate PAYGO payment collection in off-grid communities. The integration is aimed at addressing challenges limiting PAYGO SHS companies from reaching last mile communities. NoMAP is working with SWIFTA, a payment aggregator with more than 20,000 agents across the country to ease the challenges PAYGO companies face in collecting subscription from their unbanked customers. The integration process has commenced and it is expected to span six weeks after which NOMAP will collect data over …
NoMAP Supports REA with Energy Audits in Kaduna State
NoMAP is currently supporting the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) with energy audits in various markets in Kaduna and Kano. The energy audit is a component of REA’s Energizing Economies Initiative (EEI) . The EEI will support the rapid deployment of off-grid electricity solutions that will provide clean and consistent power to economic clusters in Nigeria. NoMAP is financing energy audits of the following: Printers market, Makarfi market and Kachia Market in Kaduna state; as well as Dawanau retail grain market and cluster in Kano state. The energy audits for the aforementioned markets in Kaduna commenced earlier in October Please click …
BEDC Signs MOU on Mini-Grid Project for Communities in Franchise Areas
As a bold step towards connecting communities in its franchise states without electricity supply, BEDC Electricity PLC (BEDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rocky Mountain Institute, Colorado, U.S.A (RMI) and Rubitec Nigeria Limited to provide mini-grid electricity for customers. The tripartite MOU, which was agreed by the Managing Director/CEO, BEDC, Mrs. Funke Osibodu, Rubitec CEO, Mr. Bolade Soremekun and RMI Manager, Mr. James Sherwood at the BEDC Head office in Benin on Wednesday, is part of the moves by the power distribution company to boost power availability to customers in communities within its franchise area. Based on this, …
Off-Grid Market Intelligence: NoMAP Partners with Fraym
NoMAP has signed an agreement with Fraym, a consumer data company, to support it in gathering market intelligence on communities which are commercially viable for off-grid energy solutions. This is in line with NoMAP’s mandate to collect and share credible market data that will assist market actors in making informed investment decisions. Fraym will leverage its proprietary machine learning techniques to weave together survey data (from primary and secondary sources) and high-resolution satellite imagery to deliver insights on commercially viable off-grid communities across 10 states in Nigeria. NoMAP will validate the output of Fraym’s engagement by collecting community-level data in about 150 communities across these …
Rising Interest in Nigeria’s Off-Grid Solar Market
Solar power may become the most preferred alternative electricity source to Nigerians, judging by recent developments. Despite the economic barriers to its growth, Nigeria's solar power market has moved with a great impression on electricity consumers who are fast embracing it to overcome the poor supply from the national electricity grid. …
Power Africa
Power Africa is a U.S. Government-led partnership coordinated by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Launched in 2013, Power Africa’s goals are to increase electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa by adding more than 30,000 megawatts …
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