| REA E-NEWS DECEMBER, 2019 EDITION |
Aerial View of Rokota Community Project Site
 From left: Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi; MD, PowerGen Renewable Energy Nigeria Ltd, Alastair Smith; Practice Manager of Energy Climate Finance & Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP), Rohit Khanna; World Bank's Task Team Leader, Jon Exel; Minister of State for Power, Mr. Goddy Jedy-Agba; World Bank's Country Director in Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri; Representative of Governor of Niger State and Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Engr. Ibrahim Panti; SA - Finance to MD/CEO, Mrs. Solanke, and the Head of NEP Project Management Unit (PMU), Mrs. Adejoke Odumosu at the unveiling of 64KWp Solar Hybrid Mini Grid Project at Rokota community in Edati LGA, Niger State |
Niger State, Nigeria – On December 7, 2019, the Federal Government of Nigeria, through its Implementing Agency – Rural Electrification Agency (REA), facilitated the commissioning of a solar hybrid mini grid power plant in Rokota Community, Edati Local Government Area, Niger State. The project is the first to be commissioned under the World Bank supported Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP). It will provide clean, safe and reliable electricity to an expected three thousand people in the community... |
The Rural Electrification Agency in its bid towards building young women in energy holds first female Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workshop in Lagos State, Nigeria. The workshop was organized by the Agency in partnership with leading private sector developers and was attended by power sector stakeholders and business professionals with the aim of bringing together young women in the same room with top power sector and business professionals to share knowledge and discuss the opportunities for women in the industry... |
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Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) Commissioning Rokota Community, Niger State, Nigeria
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Rural Electrification Fund (REF) Commissioning, Akpabom Community, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
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EEP NEWS: How Female Empowerment Can Stimulate Economic Growth, Employment |
EEI NEWS: Firm to Provide Clean Energy to Wuse Market |
NEWS UPDATE: All On, Rockefeller Foundation Launch $3.5m Grant for Nigerian Off-Grid Entrepreneurs |
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Female STEM Workshop
Recently, leading players in the nation’s power sector and other professionals gathered in Lagos. The event was the first female Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workshop organised by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in partnership with some private sector developers... |
Wuse Market in Abuja
Green Village Electricity (GVE) Projects Limited, an energy solutions provider focused on deploying clean, reliable, affordable and sustainable renewable energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and agreement with the Wuse Market Traders Association to provide 14 hours aday electricity to traders... |
Collaborations to power Nigeria: Wiebe Boer, CEO, All On; Mary Worzala, Chief of Party, Power Africa Nigeria; Epibere Clarke, SA On Energy to the CBN Governor; Aisha Abba Kyari, Associate VP, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority; and David Rogers, Deputy Director, USAID Nigeria during the quarterly Nigeria off-grid sector donor and investor coordination meeting held in Lagos |
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The Hub will seek the best off-grid energy entrepreneurs at ideation, angel, growth, and market entry stages, and prepare and support them to scale their businesses. The goal is dent energy poverty which sees over 28 million households and 11 million Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria without access to reliable on-grid energy... |
REA JOINS THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TAGGED 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE #16DAYSCAMPAIGN |
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November 25 - It was originated by activists and continues to be coordinated each year by the Center for Women's Global Leadership... |
November 29 – International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. In the wave of rising fundamentalism and populism, States must more than ever protect women human rights defenders by tackling discrimination against women... |
December 10 – International Human Rights Day and the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2019. Theme: Youth Standing Up for Human Right... |
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