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The absence of gender-responsive indicators within SDG 7 has created a structural barrier to understanding and addressing women’s energy use and needs. As a result, progress for women and girls as part of this SDG cannot be adequately tracked, measured, or achieved. A feminist framework for energy justice must move beyond access alone and address…

Sustainable Development Goal 7 — ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all — stands out as one of the brightest areas of progress across the 2030 Agenda. Over the last decade, more people have gained access to electricity than ever before, and the clean energy transition has gained irreversible momentum. Yet,…

This is the project completion report of TA 6526 NEP and presents the key activities and results of the project, in relation to the scope of work and objectives set out in the Terms of Reference (ToR) and the contract. The activities and results relate to two main outputs: Output 1: Strengthened capacity of NEA…

Between 2021 and 2025, the ADB TA 6526 NEP project demonstrated that electrification becomes transformative when it purposefully  integrates Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) principles and approaches. The project reached electricity to 1,300 previously unelectrified households, supported 403 entrepreneurs (primarily women and disadvantaged groups) to create new business opportunities and strengthen existing business ventures…

Les femmes jouent un rôle central et multiforme sur le marché des biodigesteurs domestiques en  Afrique subsaharienne. Elles sont les principales utilisatrices et décideuses, et de plus en plus entrepreneuses et leaders dans les chaînes de valeur des biodig esteurs et des engrais d’effluents . Leur participation au marché des biodigesteurs est essentielle à l’adoption…

Women play a pivotal, multifaceted role in the market for household biodigesters in Sub-Saharan Africa, acting as primary users and decision-makers, and increasingly as entrepreneurs and leaders in the biodigester and bioslurry fertiliser value chains. Their participation in the biodigester market is critical for the adoption and sustained use of the technology, and to long-term…

In Sub-Saharan Africa, women play a central role in managing household food, energy and water, often cultivating smaller and more degraded plots with limited access to inputs such as fertilizer, finance and markets. Rising fertilizer prices and declining soil quality further constrain their productivity and incomes. Locally produced organic fertilizers like bioslurry and bioslurry-enriched compost…

In the last decade or so, interest in electric cooking (e-cooking) has increased in many countries in the global South. As more households aspire to a modern lifestyle, the retail market for electric cooking devices is growing, especially in urban areas, even though the potential is far from being realized. These include appliances such as…