Country / Year

Mali (2019)

Client

French Development Agency (AFD)

Summary and Geres role

The mission’s objective was to carry out a capitalization study of energy access experiences in Mali. Entirely conducted by Geres, the study centred on the following two objectives:

• Capitalizing the lessons of past and current experiences of operators of decentralized grids;
• Identifying avenues to explore with a view to future planning of rural electrification in Mali.

It produced the following deliverables:

• A description of some existing sites, noting their observable and reliable characteristics.
• An overview of the technical options, an analysis of the operational status of characteristic sites and a survey of the economic models developed on those sites.
• Feedback on operating methods and, in particular, ownership of the theme by local investors, elected representatives and communities.
• Technical, operational and financial recommendations, together with a summary of investigations and lessons from the field.