MICROFINANCE EVENT: Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo; October 18-20, 2022; Kigali, Rwanda

This seventh edition of this event will focus on expanding off-grid solar markets globally to make energy accessible to all by 2030. The program features sessions including: (1) Universal Household Electrification: Hitting the Numbers; (2) Safeguarding Positive Impact and Revenues: How to Protect Customers and Manage Credit Risk; (3) Beyond Tier-2 Energy Access: Solving the Full Range of Electrification Needs with Off-grid Solar; (4) PAYGo (Pay-As-You-Go) Performance and Profitability – Insights and Strategies to Building Stronger Businesses; (5) The New Technologies Poised to Transform Electricity Access for 840 Million People on the Weak Grid; (6) Electrification of Public Facilities; and (7) Sustainable Cooling as an Integral Element of Energy Access and Climate Action. There are also country-specific sessions and an exhibition hall with about 60 vendors. The last day of the event offers four different field-visit options.

Background on Organizers: Founded in 2012, the Netherlands-based Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA) has 200 members. It offers market information; discussion and learning forums; and information on best practices in business, finance and technology as they relate to the off-grid solar energy industry.

The International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) Lighting Global platform aims “to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market as a means of rapidly increasing energy access to the 789 million people living without electricity.” IFC is a member of the World Bank Group.

Established in 1962, Rwanda’s Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) seeks to improve infrastructure across the “transport, energy, water supply and sanitation, housing and human settlement sectors’’ to boost socio-economic development.

Cost: The fee to attend the entire event is USD 1,230, but one may enter only the exhibition area for USD 30. Discounts are offered for GOGLA members and will be considered for small organizations and companies from lower-income nations.

For further information, you may email info[at]gogla.org or call +31 20 240 0729.

By Renata Samadova, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources

Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo 2022 homepage
https://www.offgridsolarforum.org

Event agenda
https://www.offgridsolarforum.org/agenda

Event registration
https://www.offgridsolarforum.org/page/2041892/register

GOGLA homepage
https://www.gogla.org

Lighting Global webpage
https://www.lightingglobal.org

MININFRA homepage
https://www.mininfra.gov.rw

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