Scaling up access to modern energy services 2014-2021

Between 2104 and 2021 FRES realized nearly 10.000 new energy connections in rural Africa in a project that was granted co-funding from the EU as part of the ACP-EU Energy Facility. Reports, evaluations, studies and videos produced as part of the projects are presented below.

Final report
The final report provides an overview af all results and activities.
Final report ‘Scaling up access to modern energy services 2014-2021’

Minigrid impact study
This study explores the impact of new minigrids in two rural villages in Mali. The video presents interviews with village leaders and customers.
Impact study – final study report
Impact study – video report
Impact study – Infographic

Rural Electrification Workshops
In four workshops FRES shared its experiences and lessons learned from the project and discussed with partners how to collaborate towards 2030. Detailed reports on each of the workshops are also available
FRES Rural Electrification Workshops 2021 – final report
Workshop Mali
Workshop Burkina Faso
Workshop Uganda
Workshop Guinea-Bissau

TV stations covered the workshops:
TV news item Uganda
TV news item Mali
TV news item Burkina Faso

External evaluations
The project was also evaluated by external experts. The final evaluations were done per country and discussed during the rural electrification workshops
Mid-term evaluation 2017
End evaluation Mali 2021
End evaluation Burkina Faso 2021
End evaluation Uganda 2021
End evaluation Guinea-Bissau 2021