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The United Nations Environment Programme's Rural Energy Enterprise Development (REED) initiative operates in Africa as AREED to develop new sustainable energy enterprises that use clean, efficient, and renewable energy technologies. These new enterprises can meet the energy needs of under-served populations while reducing the environmental and health consequences of existing energy use, particularly low quality biomass fuels such as wood and dung.

AREED offers rural energy entrepreneurs in Mali, Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal and Zambia a combination of enterprise development services and start-up financing. This integrated financial and technical support allows entrepreneurs to plan and structure their companies for growth and makes eventual investments by mainstream financial partners possible.

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Video snapshots from some AREED profiles of success:

Anasset snapshot

Country: Ghana
Energy Service: LPG
USISS snapshot

Country: Mali
Energy Service: Solar Dried Food
VEV snapshot

Country: Senegal
Energy Service: Maintenance of wind pumps
Click here to view Anasset video clip (1.3 mb) Click here to view USISS video clip (2 mb) Click here to view VEV video clip (2.6 mb)
You must have the QuickTime software installed on your computer to play the video clips, you can download a free version of QuickTime by clicking here.

 

Download
Report: AREED Status Report (2000-2005)
REED Report 2005 (PDF, 870 kb)

 

 
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