Empowering West Africa Local Award
The purpose of the Empower West Africa (EWA) program is to increase the availability of and access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern electricity in West Africa. This program will connect more African homes, businesses, and institutions to electricity on the grid and beyond the grid; reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector by supporting cleaner electricity generation delivered by the grid and accelerating distributed renewable energy (DRE); and, working in partnership with the Power Africa Coordinators Office, USAID Missions in West Africa, West African governments, and regional institutions to improve the enabling environment for energy sector investment (including climate finance), energy trade, and innovations in the energy sector.
02/14/2024 05:00 AM EST - Changed Award/Action Type to Cooperative Agreement from To Be Determined (TBD)Changed Anticipated Solicitation Release Date to 04/18/2024 from 03/22/2024 Changed Anticipated Award Date to 09/16/2024 from 07/01/2024 Added Co-creation Draft Scope of Work/Draft Program Description Added Principal Geographic Code 937- Default Geographical Code