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Sub-Saharan Africa - project overview

This page provides an overview of all projects entailed in the WE4F Project Database, which are located in the Region Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, there are 31 projects listed. If you think a project is missing, please feel free to add it here.

PAP Coordinates PAP country name 6° 28' 0.00" N, 2° 36' 0.00" E Benin 12° 20' 0.00" N, 1° 40' 0.00" W Burkina Faso 9° 1' 0.00" N, 38° 45' 0.00" E Ethiopia 5° 33' 0.00" N, 0° 12' 0.00" W Ghana 1° 39' 3.00" N, 10° 16' 4.00" E Guinea 1° 16' 0.00" S, 36° 48' 0.00" E Kenya 13° 57' 0.00" S, 33° 42' 0.00" E Malawi 12° 39' 0.00" N, 8° 0' 0.00" W Mali 25° 57' 0.00" S, 32° 35' 0.00" E Mozambique 8° 0' 0.00" N, 10° 0' 0.00" E Nigeria 1° 56' 25.00" S, 29° 52' 26.00" E Rwanda 14° 40' 0.00" N, 17° 25' 0.00" W Senegal 6° 18' 25.00" S, 34° 51' 14.00" E Tanzania 6° 42' 0.00" N, 1° 7' 48.00" E Togo 1° 4' 0.00" N, 31° 53' 0.00" E Uganda 15° 25' 0.00" S, 28° 17' 0.00" E Zambia

Projects	Source of Energy	Value Chain Step	Country / Region
Biomass Mini-Grids for Palm Oil Producing Communities Camco Clean Energy	☑ Biomass	☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Benin, Tanzania
Transforming Rice Production and Processing through Efficient and Renewable Energy in Benin GIZ, Energy 4 Impact	☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Benin
Strengthening post-harvest processes in Africa using improved solar drying University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’	☑ Solar	☑ Processing ☑ Controlled Atmosphere ☑ Controlled Temperature	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya ☑ East Asia & Pacific - Philippines
Solar-Powered Sesame Oil Production in Burkina Faso University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’	☑ Solar	☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Burkina Faso
Improving Coffee Production and Quality Using Infrared Technology Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Network—Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)	☑ Biogas	☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Ethiopia
Biomass-Powered Thermal Processing of Ethiopian Bamboo African Bamboo		☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Ethiopia
Biomass and Solar PV Hybrid Minigrids for Off-Grid Farming Communities Husk Power Systems (India)	☑ Solar ☑ Biomass	☑ Controlled Atmosphere ☑ Other: Decentralized Power	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Ghana, Nigeria
Affordable, High-Performance Solar Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers KickStart International (Kenya)	☑ Solar	☑ Mechanization ☑ Other: Irrigation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
Powering Agriculture with Renewable Energy Ariya Capital Group Limited (Kenya)	☑ Solar ☑ Wind	☑ Other: Decentralized Power	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Biogas Milk Chilling to Increase Productivity and Incomes of Dairy Farmers SimGas Tanzania, Ltd. (Tanzania)	☑ Biogas	☑ Controlled Temperature	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania
Scaling the Distribution of Tailored Agro-Solar Irrigation Kits to Smallholder Farmers SunCulture (Kenya)	☑ Solar	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Other: Irrigation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Solar-Powered Milk Cooling University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’	☑ Solar	☑ Controlled Atmosphere ☑ Preservation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya ☑ Latin America & The Carribean - Colombia ☑ Middle East & North Africa - Tunisia
Energy Efficiency in Kenyan Tea Factories & Energy Auditing in Tea and Dairy Industries Kenya Tea Development Authority KTDA, Ethical Tea Partnership ETP, Strathmore Energy Research Centre SERC	☑ Energy Efficiency	☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
Promotion of solar refrigeration for agricultural value-chains University of Hohenheim, GIZ - Powering Agriculture on behalf of BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)	☑ Solar	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing ☑ Controlled Temperature ☑ Preservation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
Partnership between the WE4F East Africa Regional Innovation Hub and Turkana Basin Institute Water and Energy for Food (WE4F), Turkana Basin Institute (TBI)	☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing ☑ Other: Hydroponic Agriculture, Water Purification, Solar Powered Reverse Osmosis (RO)	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
Clean Energy Solutions in Dairy Value Chains: analyzing and sharing challenges and opportunities in India and Kenya - REEEP REEEP, Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC)			☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya ☑ South Asia - India
Solar-Powered Refrigeration for Kenyan Dairy Farms SunDanzer	☑ Solar	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
The Integrated Development Partnership between WE4F East Africa Regional Innovation Hub and Miyonga GIZ, Miyonga	☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency ☑ Other: Solar-powered mill and cold storage	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing ☑ Transportation ☑ Preservation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
Do-It-Yourself – Solar Cooling Units University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’	☑ Solar	☑ Controlled Temperature ☑ Preservation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Mali
Analysis of the commercial viability of the Solar Milk Cooling (SMC) in Kenya University of Hohenheim supported by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’	☑ Solar	☑ Controlled Temperature ☑ Preservation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
Sunflower Pump: Asset-Financed Solar Irrigation Pumps for Smallholder Farmers Futurepump (Kenya)	☑ Solar	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Other: Irrigation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
SunChill: Solar Cooling for Horticultural Preservation Rebound Technology	☑ Solar	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Preservation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Mozambique
Food Security and Women Empowerment Through Solar-Powered Irrigation in Niger Water and Energy for Food (WE4F), The National Coordination of Water Users (CNU) in Niger	☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency ☑ Other: Hybrid	☑ Other: Irrigation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Niger
Commercial viability of “Solar-Powered Cold Rooms for Fruits and Vegetable Growers in Nigeria” The Smallholders Foundation / ColdHubs Limited (for-profit social venture founded by SHF), funded by GIZ „Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture“	☑ Solar	☑ Controlled Temperature ☑ Preservation	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Solar powered Cold Room (SPCR) for Fruits and Vegetable in Nigeria Smallholders Foundation, GIZ Green Cooling Initiative, Institute of Air Handling and Refrigeration (ILK)	☑ Solar	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Controlled Temperature	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Transforming Rice Production and Processing through Productive Use of Energy for Improved Livelihood and Food Security in Senegal GIZ, Energy 4 Impact	☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Senegal
Micro-Solar Utilities for Small-Scale Irrigation in Senegal The Earth Institute - Columbia University	☑ Solar	☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Senegal
Solar Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers in Least Developed Regions of Tanzania GIZ, Energy 4 Impact	☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency	☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Tanzania
Biogas-Powered Evaporative Cooling for Uganda’s Dairy Industry University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF)	☑ Biogas	☑ Controlled Temperature	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Uganda
Solar-Powered Pumps for Improved Irrigation iDE	☑ Solar	☑ Processing	☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Zambia ☑ Latin America & The Carribean - Honduras ☑ South Asia - Nepal

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