Energy: Mini-grid electrification in Sierra Leone

This work was carried out under the Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) facility.

ICED supported DFID country offices, central teams and ODA-spending Other Government Departments to deliver DFID’s Economic Development Strategy by scaling up programming and investment in infrastructure and cities. It operated between February 2016 and July 2019.

Sierra Leone remains one of the poorest countries in Africa, with less than 10% of a population of 7
million having access to electricity. Without modern energy services, a large proportion of the
population can’t take advantage of the scarce education, health and economic opportunities available
to them.

ICED developed a business case for mini-grid electrification in remote communities in Sierra Leone using innovative private-sector business models.

Published

29/01/18

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