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Opening Power Markets to Private Sector Participation

This study delves into Namibia’s introduction of the Modified Single Buyer (MSB) model, one of the most progressive power market structures on the African continent. Namibia had introduced the MSB model in 2019 in order to liberalise its power market, attract private investment, and increase domestic generation. The model enables Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to sell electricity directly in parts to large users or export it to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), while eligible customers can procure power directly from generators.

2025

Instrument: GET.transform

Region: Africa

Country: Namibia

Topic: Energy Planning, Energy Access, Energy Development Cooperation

Market segment: On-Grid

Opening Power Markets to Private Sector Participation

This study delves into Namibia’s introduction of the Modified Single Buyer (MSB) model, one of the most progressive power market structures on the African continent. Namibia had introduced the MSB model in 2019 in order to liberalise its power market, attract private investment, and increase domestic generation. The model enables Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to sell electricity directly in parts to large users or export it to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), while eligible customers can procure power directly from generators.

2025

Instrument: GET.transform

Region: Africa

Country: Namibia

Topic: Energy Planning, Energy Access, Energy Development Cooperation

Market segment: On-Grid

Breaking Barriers, Building Markets

This publication examines how opening power markets can unlock the investment and innovation needed to meet Africa’s growing demand for reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity. The paper highlights a pivotal shift: moving from a bottom-up, project-by-project approach toward structured markets that enable broad participation. Market reform creates space for diverse new players, reducing risk through diversification and driving down costs.

2025

Instrument: GET.transform

Region: Africa

Country: Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Burundi, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, Nigeria, Malawi, Algeria, Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia , Uganda, Eswatini, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Djibouti, Senegal, Congo, Rwanda, Cameroon, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Topic: Energy Planning, Energy Access, Regulation

Market segment: On-Grid

Breaking Barriers, Building Markets

This publication examines how opening power markets can unlock the investment and innovation needed to meet Africa’s growing demand for reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity. The paper highlights a pivotal shift: moving from a bottom-up, project-by-project approach toward structured markets that enable broad participation. Market reform creates space for diverse new players, reducing risk through diversification and driving down costs.

2025

Instrument: GET.transform

Region: Africa

Country: Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Burundi, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, Nigeria, Malawi, Algeria, Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia , Uganda, Eswatini, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Djibouti, Senegal, Congo, Rwanda, Cameroon, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Topic: Energy Planning, Energy Access, Regulation

Market segment: On-Grid

AEEP Energy Talks Spotlight – Advancing Rural Electrification in Africa: Scaling Up Regulatory Best Practices to Accelerate Progress in Off-Grid Electrification

In collaboration with GET.transform, the 20th AEEP Energy Talks on 9 July 2025 delved into the critical role of regulatory best practices in accelerating off-grid rural electrification in Africa. The webinar explored how scaling up best practices and harmonising regulatory frameworks can unlock private investments and catalyse the development of off-grid renewable energy solutions across underserved rural areas.

2025

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

Market segment: Off-Grid

AEEP Energy Talks Spotlight – Advancing Rural Electrification in Africa: Scaling Up Regulatory Best Practices to Accelerate Progress in Off-Grid Electrification

In collaboration with GET.transform, the 20th AEEP Energy Talks on 9 July 2025 delved into the critical role of regulatory best practices in accelerating off-grid rural electrification in Africa. The webinar explored how scaling up best practices and harmonising regulatory frameworks can unlock private investments and catalyse the development of off-grid renewable energy solutions across underserved rural areas.

2025

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

Market segment: Off-Grid

Economic Guidelines of the African Model Mini-Grid Regulations Tool

The African Forum of Utility Regulators (AFUR) published Economic Guidelines to support its African Model Mini-Grid Regulations Tool. Developed with GET.transform, the Guidelines help policymakers and regulators apply international best practices in tariff-setting for mini-grids. The resource addresses common regulatory challenges and strengthens efforts to create enabling environments for sustainable mini-grid development across Africa.

2025

Instrument: GET.transform

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

Market segment: Off-Grid

Economic Guidelines of the African Model Mini-Grid Regulations Tool

The African Forum of Utility Regulators (AFUR) published Economic Guidelines to support its African Model Mini-Grid Regulations Tool. Developed with GET.transform, the Guidelines help policymakers and regulators apply international best practices in tariff-setting for mini-grids. The resource addresses common regulatory challenges and strengthens efforts to create enabling environments for sustainable mini-grid development across Africa.

2025

Instrument: GET.transform

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

Market segment: Off-Grid

Legal Guidelines of the African Model Mini-Grid Regulations Tool

The African Forum of Utility Regulators (AFUR) introduced Legal Guidelines as part of its African Model Mini-Grid Regulations Tool, developed in collaboration with GET.transform. The Legal Guidelines as well as the accompanying Economic and Technical Guidelines informed the tool development and helped strike a balance between regulatory rigidity and flexibility.

2025

Instrument: GET.transform

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

Market segment: Off-Grid

Legal Guidelines of the African Model Mini-Grid Regulations Tool

The African Forum of Utility Regulators (AFUR) introduced Legal Guidelines as part of its African Model Mini-Grid Regulations Tool, developed in collaboration with GET.transform. The Legal Guidelines as well as the accompanying Economic and Technical Guidelines informed the tool development and helped strike a balance between regulatory rigidity and flexibility.

2025

Instrument: GET.transform

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

Market segment: Off-Grid

Decentralised Rural Infrastructure: Energy as a Service Approach in the Context of Universal Access in Sub Saharan Africa

This report investigates the potential of implementing the Energy as a Service (EaaS) model to bridge the significant energy access gap in Sub-Saharan Africa. With over 730 million people in the region lacking basic access to electricity, and projections showing that 620 million people will remain unconnected by 2030, approaches like EaaS are critical to achieving universal access.

2024

Instrument: GET.invest

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

Market segment: Off-Grid

Decentralised Rural Infrastructure: Energy as a Service Approach in the Context of Universal Access in Sub Saharan Africa

This report investigates the potential of implementing the Energy as a Service (EaaS) model to bridge the significant energy access gap in Sub-Saharan Africa. With over 730 million people in the region lacking basic access to electricity, and projections showing that 620 million people will remain unconnected by 2030, approaches like EaaS are critical to achieving universal access.

2024

Instrument: GET.invest

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

Market segment: Off-Grid

AEEP Energy Talks Spotlight – COP29 and Beyond: Strengthened AU-EU Cooperation for Financing and Implementing Africa’s NDCs

The 17th AEEP Energy Talks on 9 December 2024 explored the outcomes from COP29 in Baku and what they mean for the development of energy infrastructure in Africa. The webinar also highlighted ongoing collaboration to finance and support action to implement the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Africa, particularly through energy projects, and thus contributing to the achievement of SDG7.

2024

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access, Climate Change, Energy Development Cooperation

AEEP Energy Talks Spotlight – COP29 and Beyond: Strengthened AU-EU Cooperation for Financing and Implementing Africa’s NDCs

The 17th AEEP Energy Talks on 9 December 2024 explored the outcomes from COP29 in Baku and what they mean for the development of energy infrastructure in Africa. The webinar also highlighted ongoing collaboration to finance and support action to implement the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Africa, particularly through energy projects, and thus contributing to the achievement of SDG7.

2024

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access, Climate Change, Energy Development Cooperation

European Financial Flows on SDG7 to Africa – Third Edition

The third report on ‘European financial flows on SDG7 to Africa’, commissioned by the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP), shows that current investments towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) in Africa have led to notable progress, but larger efforts will be required to reach universal clean energy access on the continent.

2024

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

European Financial Flows on SDG7 to Africa – Third Edition

The third report on ‘European financial flows on SDG7 to Africa’, commissioned by the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP), shows that current investments towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) in Africa have led to notable progress, but larger efforts will be required to reach universal clean energy access on the continent.

2024

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access

AEEP Energy Talks Spotlight – Rolling out Africa’s Continental Masterplan at Scale: The Role of Energy Tendering Systems

The 16th AEEP Energy Talks on 11 September 2024, titled “Rolling out Africa’s Continental Masterplan at Scale: The Role of Energy Tendering Systems”, examined the role of energy tendering systems in Africa’s quest to deploy and expand access to clean energy. This edition presented key insights by panellists from the African Development Bank, the World Bank, GET.transform, and Power Futures Lab.

2024

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Planning, Energy Access, Finance, Regulation

AEEP Energy Talks Spotlight – Rolling out Africa’s Continental Masterplan at Scale: The Role of Energy Tendering Systems

The 16th AEEP Energy Talks on 11 September 2024, titled “Rolling out Africa’s Continental Masterplan at Scale: The Role of Energy Tendering Systems”, examined the role of energy tendering systems in Africa’s quest to deploy and expand access to clean energy. This edition presented key insights by panellists from the African Development Bank, the World Bank, GET.transform, and Power Futures Lab.

2024

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Planning, Energy Access, Finance, Regulation

AEEP Energy Talks Spotlight – Fuelling Partnerships: Investing in Clean Cooking for Health, Equality, and Climate in Africa

The 15th AEEP Energy Talks on 26 June 2024, titled “Fuelling Partnerships: Investing in Clean Cooking for Health, Equality, and Climate in Africa”, highlighted the critical status of clean cooking on the continent and lessons learnt from African-European collaboration on clean cooking solutions and their impacts. This edition presented key insights by panellists from the International Energy Agency (IEA), Nefco (the Nordic Green Bank), Energising Development (EnDev), and the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA).

2024

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access, Energy Development Cooperation

AEEP Energy Talks Spotlight – Fuelling Partnerships: Investing in Clean Cooking for Health, Equality, and Climate in Africa

The 15th AEEP Energy Talks on 26 June 2024, titled “Fuelling Partnerships: Investing in Clean Cooking for Health, Equality, and Climate in Africa”, highlighted the critical status of clean cooking on the continent and lessons learnt from African-European collaboration on clean cooking solutions and their impacts. This edition presented key insights by panellists from the International Energy Agency (IEA), Nefco (the Nordic Green Bank), Energising Development (EnDev), and the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA).

2024

Instrument: AEEP

Region: Africa

Topic: Energy Access, Energy Development Cooperation

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