Why It Matters
- $0%%reduction in the price of critical renewable technologies has occurred globally over the last decade, but developers in Sub-Saharan Africa still face costs that are nearly 2-5 times higher 
- 0BillionBillioncould be saved over the next decade by deploying solar minigrids instead of extending the grid in low- and medium-income countries, the World Bank estimates 
- 0%%of global energy investment is currently directed to Africa, despite the region accounting for one-fifth of the global population 
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- To unlock affordable, reliable power and turn on a green and equitable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, we must make distributed energy a core part of integrated electricity systems.
- This e-GUIDE Initiative seeks to transform the approaches used for planning and operations of electricity infrastructure in developing regions.
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