Productive uses of energy: what does it take to stimulate demand?
Channel: IIED
Date: 2021-06-28

This online event on 23 June 2021 explored how productive uses of energy are being promoted and supported in East Africa to help communities develop their economies.

Promoting productive uses of energy – using energy to generate income and add value – has been shown to help communities develop their economies. However, there are important supporting services and elements that must be present for households and entrepreneurs to take full advantage of energy access. These can include access to business inputs, financing, markets, after-sales services, and appliances as well as establishing skills and personal initiatives.

This United Nations High-level Dialogue on Energy Ministerial Thematic Forums side event, organised by the International Institute for Environment and development (IIED), offered perspectives and lessons from government, the private sector and practitioners on how they are meeting some of these challenges in Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi.

This event was hosted in partnership with CLASP, Ministry of Water, Irrigation, and Energy Ethiopian Government, United Purpose Malawi, Ethiopian Women in Energy and Tulima Solar as part of the IIED Debates series.

More details: https://www.iied.org/productive-uses-energy-what-does-it-take-stimulate-demand