WEBINAR: Empowering Energy Access with a Community-Centric Approach

WEBINAR: Empowering Energy Access with a Community-Centric Approach

Affordable Africa minigrids program webinar on empowering community energy access and sustainable rural electrification.

Join RMI and UNDP, as part of the Africa Minigrids Program (AMP), for this webinar on our recently published Community-Centric Minigrids Toolkit. 

The webinar will present:  

  • The Community-Centric Minigrid Toolkit, highlighting the community-centric framework and lessons learned to date 
  • Hands-on experiences and insights on enhanced community engagement and participation from minigrids and rural electrification practitioners 
  • A panel discussion sharing learnings and exploring how to integrate community-centric approach to future minigrids deployment 

๐Ÿ—“ Date: Thursday, December 4
๐Ÿ•’ Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. WAT/ 9:00-10:30 a.m. EST
๐Ÿ“ Location: Virtual

Speakers:

  • Christelle Odongo-Braun, Regional Project Manager, Africa Minigrids Program
  • Zihe Meng, Manager, Africa Energy Program/Global South Program, RMI
  • Frank Bergh, Senior Electrical Engineer, NRECA International
  • Ayu Abdullah, Managing Director, COMET
  • Sascha Flesch, Senior International Development & Renewable Energy Expert
  • Washima Mede, Chief Executive Officer, Prado Power Limited
  • Robert Hanna, Director of Sustainable Energy Botswana (SEB)

Ahead of the webinar, we encourage you to explore the newly published blog and download the Community-Centric Minigrid Toolkit from RMI and UNDP through AMP. This toolkit offers practical guidance and adaptable frameworks to support more inclusive, resilient, and community-driven minigrid development across sub-Saharan Africa.