Africa-EU Partnership on Energy

Charles, Michael B.; Mulili, Benjamin Mwanzia

doi:10.1057/9781137269478.0014

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The issuing of diaspora prevailing opinion is that they did not meet expectations. A news brief from The Africa-EU Partnership noted that the Ethiopian "Millennium Corporate Bond" which was meant to finance EEPCO project "…did not meet the expectations, mainly because investors did not trust the capacity of the government to service the debt" (Africa-EU Partnership 2013). And in the case of the 2011 offering, it appears that a significant amount of the raised funds were from domestic sources.…”

Section: Diaspora Bondsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Financing Solar Infrastructure in Somaliland: Investigating the Potential for Communal and Crowdfunded Solutions

Handule

2023

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

<p>A combination of crowdfunding and modular electrification is explored as potential means to provide core infrastructure. Through a mixed-methods design, this research investigated the possibility of civic crowdfunding to provide financing for hybrid-microgrid development in Burao, Somaliland. Three questions are asked in this thesis: 1) What explains the absence of quality electricity infrastructure in Somaliland?; 2) Are solar based, decentralized, community supported infrastructure systems a viable option to meet service delivery gaps?; and, 3) What are the opportunities and limits of alternative funding mechanisms such as crowdfunding to pay for community infrastructure? Elements and mechanism from neo-institutional theory are used to explore these questions.</p> <p>This research shows that while the technology is available and feasible in Somaliland, barriers exist: agency and technical capacity. An adapted concept is put forward consisting of applying the combination of crowdfunding and hagbad (revolving-group financing scheme) to purchasing higher capacity Solar Home Systems for households.</p>

show abstract

Section: Diaspora Bondsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Financing Solar Infrastructure in Somaliland: Investigating the Potential for Communal and Crowdfunded Solutions

Handule

2023

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Africa-EU Partnership on Energy

Cited by 1 publication

References 0 publications

Financing Solar Infrastructure in Somaliland: Investigating the Potential for Communal and Crowdfunded Solutions

Financing Solar Infrastructure in Somaliland: Investigating the Potential for Communal and Crowdfunded Solutions

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About