Type	Voluntary commitment by other stakeholders
Organisation	AbzeSolar S.A. in partnership with UNDP
Scope	Regional
Location(s)	Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d‘Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Themes	Agriculture and food security; Cross-cutting areas; Domestic and international private business and finance; Environment; Infrastructure; Small and medium enterprises; jobs; Social sectors

Description

UNDP and AbzeSolar S.A. have joint forces to scale up the use of sustainable energy solutions in the sub-Saharan region for poverty eradication.
Via the Multifunction Platform (MFP), a concept and a structure developed and deployed by UNDP, and the “Initiative MAMA-LIGHT for Sustainable Energy”, a program initiated by H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma, Women, Youth and the Informal Sector will be facilitated and empowered in organizing, implementing, maintaining and using sustainable solar energy and other renewable energy solutions to facilitate the growth of a sustainable local informal and private sector.

Under the umbrella of UNDP and the “Initiative MAMA-LIGHT for Sustainable Energy” partnership, UNDP will host the Global Hub for the Informal Sector.

Party’s commit:
– To assure access to high quality and affordable solar and other renewable energy products for all MFP’s
– To secure local expertise to advice, install and maintain energy solutions
– To together act as an example and catalyst to grow local economies
With the objective
– To create a sustainable local living environment
– To create jobs in beneficiary communities, notably for women and youth
– To empower the local informal and private sector
– To create a sustainable local living environment
– To transform (or to bring) the informal economy step by step to the formal sector
While working together with local and traditional authorities and respecting there experience, culture and traditions and building from there.

Partners

AbzeSolar S.A.
UNDP

Targets

Today there are already 3500 MFP’s

Multiple year goals:

Train at least 10 people in each MFP into sustainable energy solutions

Make sure all MFP’s have the capability to sell, deliver, maintain and implement sustainable energy solutions

Make sure 80% of all families and informal sector within 30 minutes walking of each MFP have access to solar light

Make sure 50% of all families and informal sector within 30 minutes walking of each MFP have access to solar energy systems

Make accessible warm water systems for at least 50% of all families and informal sector within 30 minutes walking of each MFP

Demonstrate visible and significant growth of the local informal and private sector within 30 minutes walking of each MFP

Demonstrate first decrease of poverty of 50% of all families and informal sector within 30 minutes walking of each MFP

Implement specific solar energy standards for sub-Saharan Africa with and in all countries MFP’s are located (the QualitySun standards).

Indicators

We will use existing indicators where possible and report on the achievements within the framework of the collaboration.

Resources

Micro Finance Institution, Commercial Banks, Regional Development Banks
Budgeted programs National and ODA, domestic/national private funds, Climate fund mechanism and Multi-lateral funds and foundations

Timeframe

Timeframe for implementation, from October 2015 – December 2016, by 2020-2030 pursuing the SE4ALL objectives for universal access, renewable energy share in the energy mix and energy efficiency improvement.