Some of Elizabeth Nyeko’s earliest memories are of growing up amid the throes of civil war. As a child in northern Uganda and, later, Sudan, she would often sleep outdoors with her family as their ...

On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, the Delta State Executive Council (EXCO) approved an innovative State Electricity Policy by adopting a decentralized mini-grid model and also establishing new regulatory ...

Mini grids have the potential to provide electricity to as many as 500 million people by 2030, with the right policies and about $220 billion of investment to build around 210,000 mini grids. Over the ...

Mini-grids—smaller off-grid electricity distribution networks—are being recognized as a cost-effective solution to bring power to rural communities that often have no access to a traditional power ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A Forbes 30U30 entrepreneur and founder of the Virtual Island Summit. Mini-grids may finally be ready to change the world. But the ...

Mini-grids are helping drive down the number of people without access to electricity. Image: Odyssey Energy Solutions. Mini-grids are growing in number as their economics versus traditional diesel ...

Solar mini grids can provide high-quality uninterrupted electricity to nearly half a billion people in unpowered or underserved communities and be a least-cost solution to close the energy access gap ...

There are currently 840 million people around the world living without electricity. By 2030, this figure will rise to 1.2 billion as the global population expands and electricity grids remain the same ...

Husk Power Systems, a clean energy company at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008 and that announced plans to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years, has ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining has described solar mini-grids as a critical solution for expanding ...

Husk Power Systems, a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years.