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A French consortium has installed autonomous solar street lighting in Uganda to improve the living conditions of the inhabitants. Thanks to 75 high-powered solar streetlights from the EverGen range, the benefits of solar lighting are already being felt in the daily lives of 400,000 inhabitants of the Kampala region.
Road and street, Rural and remote site
Uganda, AFRIQUE
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In Uganda, 50% of the population still doesn’t have access to a reliable source of electricity. A French consortium supervised by the Energies for the World Foundation (FONDEM) has implemented an autonomous solar lighting system, as part of a FASEP funding.
60% of the African population still has no access to electricity. In the Kampala region of Uganda, the public lighting network only covers 8% of the town. Dilapidated, it is also only 50% operational and involves significant costs of maintenance.
Public lighting is essential to the well-being of populations and the development of cities. Reliable lighting improves people’s comfort and safety, enhances the attractiveness of the territory, particularly by allowing businesses to open later.
Thanks to a FASEP Green Innovation subvention (Private Sector Study and Assistance Fund), the Kampala region was able to implement a compliance upgrade and extension project for its street lighting network, a priority for the cities of Entebbe, Jinja and Mukono selected for this first phase of works.
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