Energi för de fattigaste - pilot

Objectif officiel

Access to electricity has increased rapidly in Kenya the last five years and today around 50% of the population is connected to the grid. Also off-grid solutions have expanded rapidly, adding around an additional 500 000 households, equivalent to 7% of population. As expansion of the grid is expensive, it is expected that it will be cheaper to connect approximately another 2 million households through off-grid solutions. One of the main reasons behind the off-grid success is the new pay-as-you-go solution, where poor people can procure solar home systems (SHS) by paying a limited up-front cost and then add daily fees via mobile money. While this has enabled new segments of the population to access electricity, it has not enabled the base of the pyramid to join. The products and the up-front cost are simply far too expensive for the poorest and the inequality of the Kenyan society has repeated itself in this sub-sector. Even within the group without access to electricity, the effects are not shared equally especially not from a gender perspective. Studies indicate that boys often do their homework directly after school, making use of the sunlight. Girls, however, take on on household chores after school and often end up doing their homework after dark. A study in Zambia showed that as many as 69 percent of the sampled households used torches for study. Gender inequalities are hence even further consolidated by lack of electricity. Sida has hence initiated a process to see how to facilitate energy for the poorest segments of society. Initially solutions through the civil society and financial institutions were sought. These however turned out not only to be administratively very complicated, but also expensive. In collaboration with Government of Kenya, the private sector, Power Africa and civil society, Unicef has developed a pilot proposal building on the already established social security system, called National Safety Net Program (NSNP). The NSNP is targeting the most deprived and poor population and has reached over 835,000 households across 47 counties according to the single registry data base. There are three main Programmes under the NSNP:- Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Older persons cash transfer and Severe Disabilities Cash Transfer. They all operate under same rules and processes, delivering KES 4,000 every two months using banks as payment service providers. The household that will participate in the pilot will receive a top-up of their cash transfer to be used for electricity via sollar pandels. The households will receive awareness training regarding both equipment itself and areas of application. The intervention will be monitored from various angles including reduction of CO2 emissions, education results and health.

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Calendrier

Début déclaré

25 novembre 2017

Clôture

30 juin 2022

Durée prévue

55 mois

Financement

Budget déclaré dans la devise du bailleur, sans conversion.

Place de l’énergie

100 % du projet relève des secteurs de l’énergie, selon la ventilation déclarée par le bailleur. L’énergie en est l’objet principal.

• Énergie solaire pour réseaux centralisés 100 %

Thèmes

• Accès à l’électricité et électrification (Électrification au Kenya) : « access to electricity » figure dans l’objectif officiel.
• Énergie solaire (Solaire au Kenya) : « solar » figure dans l’objectif officiel.

Documents officiels

Aucun document publié dans les données ouvertes pour ce projet.