Access to Electricity

-Project status: Active
-Sectors: For-profit Activity
-Funding source: Private Investment Funded | Philanthropy Funded | International Agency Funded
-Location of project: Tanzania | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa
-Project type: Energy Activity

Managing Organization: ABB

Managing Organization URL:
http://www.abb.com/


Contact Phone: 41 (0)43 317 7111

Contact Address: P.O. Box 8131, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland


Affiliated Organizations: Electricit� De France, World Wildlife Fund


Related URLs:
http://www.edf.fr/html/v4/templates/dynamique/newid_homepage.html, http://www.worldwildlife.org/


Activity Description: Through Access to Electricity, ABB explores how it can contribute to rural electrification in Africa on a commerical basis. ABB currently has operations in Tanzania and Senegal. In the southern Tanzanian village of Ngarambe, electrification and partnership with World Wildlife Fund has already led to significant improvements for small businesses, health care, education and environmental protection. In Senegal, ABB together with French utility Electricit� De France are preparing a common bid to electrify a northern province. These schemes are not implanted from afar; extensive planning with local stakeholders that address human rights is key to lasting progress.
Submitted by Sylvain Romieu on July 17, 2006 - 11:07.
Hello, I work in Senegal - Dakar - and as a member of an international organization working on private sector pro-poor initiatives, I would like to know more about this project... Whom should I contact? Could anyone forward me the contact details? Thank you very much! Kind regards, Sylvain

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