The electricity distribution sector in Uganda is characterized by a complex structure. Umeme Limited is the major distributor and supplies over 90% of customers in the country. It has been operating a 20-year concession since 2005, while the ownership of the network re...

In 2018, 40% of the Guinean population lives in urban areas and half of this population is concentrated in Conakry’s urban agglomeration (2.5 million inhabitants). Concomitantly with the growth of the population, the poor development of sanitation services has created...

Faced with rapid growth in electricity demand, the Government of Tanzania has set the goal of increasing the installed generating capacity from currently 1,500 MW to 5,000 MW by 2025. This objective is reflected in the implementation of the 2016 update of the electrica...

The water and sanitation sector in Haiti has been deeply reformed within law of 11 March 2009. The management of drinking water supply services in Port-au-Prince falls within the field of competence of the “Office Régional de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement Ouest” (OREPA...

The development of the electricity sector in São Tomé and Principe, a small island country whose access to electricity services is very low, faces several constraints: electricity is mainly generated from inefficient thermal power plants that have suffered from chronic...

In Lomé (Togo) ICEA begins in November 2018 a series of training of a team of agents of the water sector to the technico-financial model of the service in urban environment. With funding from AFD, 9 agents, from the TdE - the farmer -, SP EAU - the asset company - and...

As part of the national policy to improve drinking water supply services in villages and rural communities, the Government of the Republic of Benin has decided to involve private operators, through a scheme of subsidized concessions.

The Rural Drinking Water Supply and...

The water supply system of the city of Antananarivo is saturated. Current production capacities are insufficient and the obsolescence of the network causes significant physical losses, which, together with commercial losses, generates a very low overall network perform...

The water sector in Mali has experienced several waves of reforms. In 2010, after the failure of the privatization of EDM-SA (Water and Energy of Mali) that took place in the early 2000s, the Government decided to set up a new scheme in the water sector. Two companies...

ICEA has been mandated by the French Development Agency to carry out a diagnosis of the institutional, organizational, commercial and financial situation of the sector and the SNE and to draft a recovery plan.

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With an electricity access rate of about 4% nationwide and...