Insights

Explore some of our most recent thinking below. If you want to discuss any of our blogs or reports please get in touch with us, and we will be happy to speak with you.

Why does household electricity demand not grow in some developing countries?

Jun 15

Why does household electricity demand not grow in some developing countries?

Recent analysis shows household growth in demand for electricity remaining stubbornly low in some less developed countries. This has been...

Stephen Nash

Oct 19, 2021

A policy trilemma for energy access?

Rapid technological change and cost reduction has transformed the drive towards increasing access to clean and affordable energy in...

The impact of the global recession on reaching SDG 7

Stephen Nash

Oct 21, 2020

The impact of the global recession on reaching SDG 7

As increasing amounts of data become available, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on efforts to improve energy access in less...

Designing sustainable subsidies to accelerate universal energy access

Stephen Nash

Oct 21, 2020

Designing sustainable subsidies to accelerate universal energy access

Building on previous work, Kuungana Advisory has recently been working with Tearfund, a UK-based relief and development agency, to...

Quality and cost reduction in the off-grid solar sector

Stephen Nash

Jul 20, 2020

Quality and cost reduction in the off-grid solar sector

Earlier in 2020, GOGLA published a new report titled “Pricing Quality: Cost Drivers and Value-Add in the Off-Grid Solar Sector”. The...

The importance of electricity trading to driving green growth in Africa

Stephen Nash

Jan 29, 2020

The importance of electricity trading to driving green growth in Africa

According to the latest Tracking SDG 7 data from SE4All, we still live in a world where only 44% of people across sub-Saharan Africa...

A Whole System Approach for the energy sector

Stephen Nash

Sep 22, 2019

A Whole System Approach for the energy sector

All too often it is easy to miss the connections between the different issues that we tackle in the energy sector. Kuungana Advisory has...

Is there a looming African electricity demand crunch?

Stephen Nash

May 7, 2019

Is there a looming African electricity demand crunch?

There is increasing discussion of the potential for over-supply of utility-scale electricity generation capacity across many of the...

Stephen Nash

Dec 10, 2018

An agile approach to energy access

We know that subsidies and cross-subsidies will be required to achieve SDG7: Universal access to clean and affordable energy. Some of the...

Utility tariffs: financial sustainability vs. cost reflectivity

Stephen Nash

Nov 20, 2018

Utility tariffs: financial sustainability vs. cost reflectivity

Initial reactions to the title of this blog? Surely we can talk about financial sustainability and cost reflectivity interchangeably,...

Complex cooking – why have we not yet cracked one of the most critical parts of the energy access pu

Stephen Nash

Jun 26, 2018

Complex cooking – why have we not yet cracked one of the most critical parts of the energy access pu

Significant progress has been made in recent years in increasing the role of renewable energy in Africa. In several countries...

The mini-grid tariff dilemma – a political choice

Stephen Nash

Apr 23, 2018

The mini-grid tariff dilemma – a political choice

There are lots of challenges facing mini-grid developers in Africa, and – as yet – their potential remains unfulfilled. At the heart of...

Stephen Nash

Apr 9, 2018

Behind-the-meter renewables in Africa

In European and North American markets consumers (especially large industrial and commercial consumers) are increasingly producing their...

Stephen Nash

Dec 4, 2017

Why are SHS sales slowing?

The rise of the off-grid solar market in sub-Saharan Africa has been a success story for improving energy access in the region. But the...

Stephen Nash

Oct 26, 2017

Sticking plasters on sticking plasters

About 18 months ago I posted a blog suggesting that we would need to rethink the design of electricity markets to tackle some of the...

The link between mini-grids and productive growth

Stephen Nash

Sep 11, 2017

The link between mini-grids and productive growth

Previously, I’ve published a short report including analysis of the economics of mini-grids, illustrating how the relative merits of...

Stephen Nash

May 31, 2017

Scaling up off-grid business models

There remain barriers to scaling up off-grid barriers, and the placemat below identifies some of the practical strategies that companies...