AFRICA CLEAN ENERGY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

FACILITY

Catalysing Africa’s Solar Markets

ACE Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) Consortium

To deliver ACE - TAF Coffey has brought together a consortium of leading players in the off-grid solar (OGS) and economic development sectors. Coffey is responsible for the programme set-up, leadership and overall management.

Coffey takes an inclusive and collaborative approach to managing the consortium, ensuring that we engage partners throughout implementation.

Enabling Environment

Knowledge Management

Coordination

Objectives

ACE - TAF partners include:

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Improved policies and regulations that enable private sector delivery and increased access to affordable standalone solar products.

Increased knowledge and evidence on the success factors for private delivery of off-grid solar energy across Africa.

Coordinating activities across ACE interventions with other relevant and donor initiatives.

KEY THEMATIC APPROACHES

ACE - TAF aims to catalyse a market-based approach for private sector delivery of renewable energy electrification technologies, with a focus on high quality Stand Alone Solar (SAS) systems.

With over 60% of a population lacking access to electricity, the marginalized communities in sub-Saharan Africa cannot experience meaningful growth and improvements in their quality of life.

ACE - TAF aims to complement government, private sector and donor initiatives to overcome many of the barriers preventing the development of markets for high quality stand-alone solar systems.

Catalysing Africa’s Solar

Markets

ABOUT ACE

The Africa Clean Energy (ACE) Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) is a 4-year programme funded by the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID). The programme is designed to follow up on DFID Energy Africa Compacts with activities tailored to support policy reform and identify gaps, to ensure buy-in and commitments made in the Compacts.

The 14 countries under ACE - TAF are:Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi,Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal.Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda,Zambia, Zimbabwe.

of markets for high quality stand-alone solar systems.

Increased access to

reliable energy leading to better well-being and

livelihood opportunities for

poor people.

EthiopiaNigeria

Ghana

Sierra Leone

Senegal

Kenya

SomaliaUganda

Rwanda

Tanzania

Malawi

MozambiqueZimbabwe

Zambia

ACE -TAF will focus on these themes toimprove access in the 14 ACE Countries:

• Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI)

• Policy and Regulation

• Quality Standards