REGIONAL PROJECT FOR OFF-GRID ELECTRICITY ACCESS (ROGEAP).
Training for small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria’s off-grid solar photovoltaic sector: ECOWAS, in collaboration with Ecobank and with support from the World Bank, is building the capacity of more than 50 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the solar sector (28 April 2025, Lagos, Nigeria).
ROGEAP Coordinator Elhadji SYLLA, on behalf of the Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation, Sédiko DOUKA, officially launched the second capacity-building workshop for more than 50 small and medium-sized enterprises in the off-grid solar photovoltaic sector in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday 28 April 2025.
This three-day training session will enable participants to:
- Access financing solutions through national commercial banks and microfinance institutions.
- A good understanding of the ROGEAP grant schemes and other funding opportunities, including credit facilities,
- Mastering off-grid solar technology, quality assurance for off-grid solar photovoltaic systems, and environmental considerations,
- To develop fundable projects through profitable business models,
The representative of Ecobank Nigeria reaffirmed his banking group’s willingness to support the sector and strengthen its collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission.
This seminar follows on from the seminar organised by the project on 11 March 2025, the outcomes of which were well received by the participants.
ROGEAP is a project implemented jointly by the ECOWAS Commission and BOAD.
It is jointly funded by the World Bank, the Dutch Directorate-General for International Cooperation and the Clean Technology Fund, with a total budget of nearly 340 million dollars.
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