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The Coordinator's Corner: Key Power Africa Facts in One Place, Everything You Need to Know Right Now

March 2017
The Coordinator's Corner: Public-Private Partnerships to Drive Domestic Infrastructure Projects?, Access Power Ponies up $7 Million, A Story to be Told, The Windiest Place on Earth > Read

February 2017
The Coordinator’s corner: New Connections for U.S. Business, Power Africa and Black Rhino: American Partners Electrify Africa, Partner Spotlight on Azuri Technologies, Power Africa Celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science

November 2016
The Coordinator's Corner: Notes from the field, The Lights are Turning On in Africa, Think Big and Ignore the Naysayers, Online Tool "Sustainable Energy Marketplace" by IRENA is Live> Read
October 2016
The Coordinator's Corner: Notes from the field, Power Africa Driving Partnerships, Six Questions about the Japan-Power Africa Partnership, Solar Energy Lights Up Zambia, MCC Powering Africa > Read

September 2016
The Coordinator's Corner: Notes from the field, Four Lessons from Power Africa, The Floating Gas Plant that Powers Rwanda, Power Africa Film Launched at U.S.-Africa Business Forum> Read
August 2016
Generating Youth Interest in Energy, New Waste to Energy Plant Underway, 3 Reasons Why People in Tanzania Are Going Off-Grid> Read
July 2016
Paving the Way for Mini-Grids, Changing Careers: From Medicine to Renewable Energy, A Light Bulb Turns on for Women's Advancement> Read

June 2016
Coordinator Letter, Ushering in Ghana’s Gas Revolution, Challenging Innovators to Turn the Power On in Africa, Powering and Empowering Angola, Assessing South Africa’s Energy Storage Market> Read
May 2016
The Coordinator's Corner: Updates from the Field, Introducing Three New Resources for Power Project Financing, Beyond the Grid in Rural Rwanda, Investing in Solar Businesses to Benefit Millions in Africa> Read
April 2016
The Coordinator's Corner: Updates from the Field, Expanding Senegal’s Energy Supply, Advancing Smart Grid Technology, Nigerian Company Focuses On Both People And Profits, Free Webinar on Renewable Energy Opportunities in Developing Countries> Read

March 2016
The Coordinator's Corner: Updates from the Field, Solving the Energy Crisis by Mobilizing Women Entrepreneurs, Boosting Renewable Energy in Malawi, Helping Energy Utilities Translate the True Cost of Power> Read

February 2016
The Coordinator's Corner: Updates from the Field, Buying Smarter to Build Better Energy Infrastructure in Ethiopia, Helping Energy Utilities Translate the True Cost of Power, Power in Beauty: Turning Waterfalls into Watts in Rural Kenya, Advancing the Roles of Women in African Power, Scaling Solar in Zambia> Read

January 2016
The Coordinator's Corner: Notes from the Field, the Power Africa Roadmap, Meet the Power Africa Tracking Tool (PATT), USTDA Accepting Proposals for Power Africa Projects> Read

December 2015
The Coordinator's Corner: Notes from the Field, Getting to “Yes” on Power Projects in Benin, Linking to Over $1 Billion in Energy Investment & Financing Opportunities, Efficient Financing Makes a Difference in Senegal, Power Africa Events > Read

November 2015
The Coordinator's Corner: Notes from the Field, Getting Gas & Hydro Power Flowing in Tanzania, Lighting Africa, Off the Grid, Mobisol Reaches New Milestone in Building a Brighter Africa, Climatescope Report Reveals Increased Investment in Renewables. > Read

October 2015
The Coordinator's Corner: Updates from the Field, Supporting Renewable Energy Investments for Zambian Farmers, Connecting Millions Beyond the Grid, Solar Farm at Tanzanian University to Power Campus and Community, Energy Procurement and Investment Opportunities Roadshow > Read

August 2015
Letter from the Coordinator, Andrew M. Herscowitz; Obama Visits East Africa; Power Africa Innovation Fair: Who did the President Meet?; Women helping women become the next generation of solar leaders; Reaching for the roofs: One million solar-powered homes in Tanzania by 2017;Teresia turns on the light; Annual Report; Power Africa Toolbox; Picturing Power > Read

April 2015
Letter from the Coordinator, Andrew M. Herscowitz; Vestas Joins Power Africa as a Private Sector Partner; How Power Africa is building new relationships with African utility companies; Power Africa Helping to Unlock the Potential for Cleaner Renewable Power; Celebrating the Launch of Solar Micro-Grid Electrification in a Rural Maasai Community; Expanding the Understanding of Power Purchase Agreements: Multipartner process leads to publication of a new Power Africa handbook. > Read

December 2014
Letter from the Coordinator, Andrew M. Herscowitz; Working Together - African Development Bank & Power Africa; Off Grid Energy Challenge Leading to Increased Electricity Access; Powering Africa: Interview with Peter Ballinger; Director of Business Development, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Examining Energy Efficiency Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa; Beyond the Grid Partner Solar Sister Describes its Work. > Read

July 2014
Letter from the Coordinator, Andrew M. Herscowitz; AfDB Helps Launch the First Renewable Energy Private Equity Fund in Africa; Bigger and Better: Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge Intensifies in Round II; Powering Africa and Spurring Commerce; Energy Secretary Moniz Announces "Beyond the Grid"; My Personal Journey as a Tanzanian Working for Power Africa. > Read

March 2014
Letter from the Coordinator, Andrew M. Herscowitz; Power Africa: Kicking the Door Down for Energy Investments; How Private Sector Partnerships are Turning The Power Africa Vision Into Reality; My Personal Journey ss An Ethiopian American Working for Power Africa; Powering Africa and Reducing Poverty: Contributions From M.C.C.; Powering Africa: A Conversation About Progress and Prospects. > Read
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