What does it take to make local sustainable energy production by SMEs a success in Africa? CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

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What does it take to make local sustainable
energy production by SMEs a success in
Africa?CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
The Energy Center, KNUST

• Prof Abeeku Brew-Hammond
• Acting Director, The Energy Center
• Dean, Faculty of Mechanical and Agricultural
  Engineering
• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
  Technology
• Kumasi, Ghana

Danida Development Days, Copenhagen, June 2009
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Different Energy EnterprisesEach Intervening in
Specific Market Segments
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Many Active Actors Playing Different but
Supportive Roles
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Effective Capacity Development
More than Seminars and Workshops

• Practical training
• Attachment programmes
• Learning by doing
• Twinning and counterparting
• Licensing

Integrated into Actual Project Development and
Implementation
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The REED Model Providing Comprehensive Support
for Energy SMEs
Case 1 AREED
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The MFP Approach
Case 2 MFPs

• Participatory feasibility studies
• Ownership by womens groups
• Literacy and business training
• Building capacity of artisans
• Continuous animation ME

• Income generation and free time for women
• Increased access to education for girls
• Scale-up and environmental sustainability (?!)

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Main Opportunities Electrification
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Main Opportunities Clean Cooking
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Main Opportunities Biofuels
Growing unemployment versus land for food and
fuel!
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Challenges Ahead

• More technical capacity and enterprise
  development services targeting broader spectrum
  of existing as well as new/potential
  entrepreneurs
• Systems approach with adequate attention to
  stimulating policy support/incentive frameworks,
  financing/resource mobilisation and advocacy
• Greater flexibility with emphasis on
  business/project development focusing on
  Productive Uses of Renewable/Rural Energy (PURE)

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