Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP) International will hold a workshop on February 19 with key stakeholders from government, donor agencies, private and public sectors, NGOs, and a sample of small-scale entrepreneurs present.
The workshop, to be held at the Nairobi Serena Hotel, will also be an opportunity to learn more about GVEP’s current and future activities within the renewable energy sector in Kenya and the rest of East Africa.
GVEP’s Developing Energy Enterprises Project (DEEP) focuses on supporting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the renewable energy sector, primarily in rural areas throughout East Africa. The program has been a €4-million project jointly funded by the EU and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) under the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP-EU) Energy Facility. The project has helped deliver energy access to four million people in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda since it began operations in March 2008.
DEEP has supported local East African entrepreneurs working in renewable energy technologies, including improved cookstoves, biomass briquettes – a cleaner alternative to charcoal – solar PV products, biogas and the value chains around these businesses. GVEP provided business and technology training and access to appropriate enterprise financing that have contributed to support the growth of over 900 enterprises and created approximately 3,000 jobs in the region.
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