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ENGIE ENERGY ACCESS 2024 IMPACT & PERFORMANCE REPORT
Download PDF The 2024 Impact & Performance Report is the second edition issued by ENGIE Energy Access

ENGIE Energy Access & Crossboundary Win AFSIA Solar Award for Mini-grid Project in Nigeria
Award-winning initiative is recognized with the prestigious AFSIA Solar Energy Award 2024 for transforming lives

ENGIE Energy Access Powers Up Zambia with Launch of New Solar Mini-Grids
ENGIE Energy Access, Africa’s leading provider of off-grid solar solutions, is celebrating a major milestone

ENGIE Energy Access Mozambique Marks 230,000 Customers Milestone on 5th Anniversary, Unveils New Products
Leading PAYGo solar company transforms 1,150,000 lives with clean energy solutions. ENGIE Energy Access Mozambique,

Off-Grid Energy Leader ENGIE Energy Access Launches 15 Solar Mini-Grids in Zambia, Targets 60 by 2025
Performance & Impact Review ENGIE Energy Access, Africa’s leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) and mini-grid solutions provider,

New portfolio company in Mozambique scaling up access to clean cooking through biogas solutions
The Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA) partners with ENGIE Energy Access Mozambique to expand

ENGIE Energy Access Lights Up Rural Population of Benin with Inauguration of First Mini-Grid in Dohouè
ENGIE Energy Access has inaugurated today its first mini-grid in Dohouè, a village in the

TOWARDS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO ENERGY: Enabling A Multi-Technology Approach In A Mini-Grid Environment
We are pleased to share the publication of our white paper, “Towards Universal Access to

Over half a million Zambians to receive access to clean cooking solutions through first cohort of companies
Financed by the Modern Cooking Facility for Africa Download 17th January 2024 The Modern Cooking Facility

Performance & Impact Review 2023
Performance & Impact Review We are pleased to present EEA’s first ever Performance & Impact

ENGIE Energy Access Mozambique celebrates 200,000 customer milestone on 4th anniversary and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Foundation for Community Development (FDC)
Leading PAYGo solar company has transformed 1,000,000 lives with clean energy in Mozambique Download Press

Federal Government Partners with ENGIE Energy Access and CrossBoundary Access to Electrify 15 Communities in Kogi, Nasarawa, and Niger States
Performance & Impact Review The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is proud to announce a ground

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ENGIE has been informed of identity theft attempts targeting the company for fraudulent purposes in

MySol Grid Zambia (ENGIE) to construct 60 mini-grids – USD 7.5 million of debt transaction signed with Cygnum Capital
The Facility for Energy Inclusion (“FEI”), managed by Cygnum Capital (formerly Lion’s Head Group), signed

ENGIE partners with CarbonClear to finance the access to energy challenge in Africa through the Voluntary Carbon Market
A landmark partnership was signed today to foster the sustainable development and access to energy

ENGIE Equatorial Increases Impact in Off-Grid Communities; Appoints New CEO
Download Press Release One year after commissioning the Lolwe hybrid solar 600 kWp mini-grid and

ENGIE Energy Access Uganda signs first project with Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA)
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) programme has signed its first agreements in

ENGIE Energy Access underlines its ambition to turn MySol into a strong, Panafrican brand.
Continues expanding decentralized energy offering following successful roll-out of its off-grid strategy | Impacting over

CrossBoundary Energy Access and ENGIE Energy Access sign largest Mini-Grid Project Finance Transaction in Africa to build $60M of Mini-Grids in Nigeria
CBEA, a leading project financier of mini-grids in Africa, committed to invest in $60M of

ENGIE Energy Access Kenya and PreMal launch solar-powered insecticide-free mosquito traps
Innovation is a first for Kenyan market and takes fight against malaria to next level

Access to reliable and affordable off-grid energy to be transformed across Benin under new EIB – ENGIE Energy Access initiative
Scaling up off-grid solar power model for transforming rural energy access across Africa | EIB

ENGIE Energy Access and Energy Web Launch Crowdfunding Platform for Solar Energy Deployment in Sub-Sahara Africa
Platform to provide low-cost financing for clean energy deployment in Africa | ENGIE Energy Access

How Energy Web and ENGIE Energy Access leverage crypto to expand solar energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa
New crowdfunding platform will provide low-cost finance for clean energy projects in Africa — and

ENGIE Energy Access launches its first mini-grid in Nigeria – connecting local community to electricity for the first time
Hybrid 90kW mini-grid connects households and small businesses to clean, reliable power | Launch directly

ENGIE Equatorial inaugurates game-changing Lolwe Mini-Grid in Uganda
Fully integrated clean energy multi-utility, from electricity to rural service delivery | Aligned with a

Saving the Climate One Carbon Credit at A Time
Performance & Impact Review It is almost customary to find people debating on climate change

AFSIA awards ENGIE Equatorial Mini-grid of the Year 2021
Project led by ENGIE Energy Access and Equatorial Power Ltd. in partnership | Mini-grid will

ENGIE Energy Access empowers 6.5 Million Africans with Clean Energy via smart integration of Mini-grids and new Solar Home System brand
Paris, France / Berlin, Germany – 6 October 2021 ENGIE Energy Access (EEA) is delighted

ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria partners with Hinckley Group for battery recycling
Lagos, Nigeria – 1 August 2021 ENGIE Energy Access in Nigeria, the country’s leading clean and

ENGIE Energy Access and Energy Web announce DeFi crowdfunding platform to help scale solar, mini-grids in Sub-Saharan Africa
Zug, Switzerland and Berlin, Germany – 17 June 2021e Today nonprofit Energy Web and ENGIE Energy Access –