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Country work - Nigeria

Since 2020, SEforALL has built a close strategic partnership with the government of Nigeria, one of the most significant and rapidly growing economies in Africa.

Our work has helped the government to develop and launch a detailed plan to achieve universal energy access and chart a path to new zero greenhouse gas emissions, and we helped establish a dedicated unit within the government to support the plan’s activation.

Our partnership with Nigeria has also supported health facility electrification in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, geospatial energy access planning, and helping accelerate the deployment of off-grid solar technologies that can displace polluting diesel generators.

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Impact in numbers

6.09 bn $

Financial commitments secured towards the implementation of the Nigeria Energy Transition Plan

733

Stand-alone solar for productive use systems deployed to business with grants from the Universal Energy Facility

215

Women in Central Abuja engaged by our team to learn about the health and environmental impacts of traditional cooking and cleaner cooking options

9,998+

Policy practitioners, researchers and stakeholders engaged to popularize the Energy Transition Plan

Why is our work with Nigeria important?

Scale. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and has the continent’s largest economy by GDP. But it is also home to some of the world’s largest energy access deficits, with approximately 92 million people lacking access to electricity and 175 million without clean cooking.

While the national grid provides power to 90 million people, its operational capacity is 6 GW, which limits the development of industry and infrastructure.

Meanwhile, due to insufficient generation and grid constraints, the majority of households, businesses and industries in the nation generate their own electricity with diesel/petrol generators. This reliance on fossil fuels is a major barrier for the country to reach net-zero emissions, fight climate change and achieve energy security.