1. THE 2ND
ANNUAL SE4ALL FORUM
SE4ALL COUNTRY ACTION PROCESSES IN
AFRICA
New York
The Gambia Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)
Action Agenda and Investment Prospectus
Hon. Dr. Edward Saja Sanneh
Minister of Energy - The Gambia
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2. Presentation Outline
 Country profile
 The Gambia SE4ALL Process
 Action Agenda
 Investment Prospectus
 Next Steps
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3. Country Profile
 Total surface area of 11,300 sq. km
 Population of approximately 1.8 million (2013 census)
 GDP: $918 million; Per capita income: $502
 Economy driven mainly by agriculture, tourism, re-export
trade
 Agriculture accounts for 30% of GDP and employs 70% of
labour force
 Biomass, including fuelwood, accounts for about 80% of the
national energy balance, and for more than 90% of household
energy consumption
 Electricity Access Rate is about 40%
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4. Map of The Gambia
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5. The Gambia
SE4ALL Process
• The Gambia joined SE4ALL Initiative in June 2012
• Conducted Rapid Assessment/Gap Analysis in 2012 with
support from UNDP.
• At SE4ALL Africa Hub meeting in Tunis (December 2013),
The Gambia was selected as pilot country for development of
AA and IP
• Through NEPAD, the Gambia received funding from the EU
BizClim Facility for the development of AA and IP
• Other partners include UNDP and ECREEE
• PARTICIP was contracted by BizClim to help develop the
documents
• The preparation of the AA & IP was done through a
consultative process
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6. The Gambia
SE4ALL Process
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• Kick off meeting in March 2014
• Coordination meeting with supporting partners in June 2014
• High-level kick off workshop, June 2014
• Training and capacity building of the technical working group
on development of AA and IP, June 2014
• Nation-wide consultations with various stakeholders to
gather their inputs, September 2014
• National validation workshop of AA and IP, December 2014

7. Action Agenda
 Provides an overview of the Energy
Sector through the eye of the SE4ALL
objectives.
 It started with gap analysis of the
existing policies, regulations,
capacities, legal frames and
programmes and projects.
 The identified gaps and constraints
were then filled in to constitute the
AA
 Also, the AA is developed to see
which energy targets can be achieved
and which actions are required to
obtain these targets. Targets are set
for the long-term, i.e. for 2030 with
sub-targets prior to 2030.
 The AA is divided in to 3
parts:
- Vision and Targets
- Priority Action Areas
- Coordination and follow ups
 All these parts are geared
towards achieving the
country’s SE4ALL goals by
2030.
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8. Action Agenda
 Vision: is to ensure an
overall sector-wide
coherence and synergy of
accumulated efforts
towards the three goals of
SE4All in the Gambia
 Targets: in the AA,
targets are being set for
the rate of increase in
Energy Access (EA),
Renewable Energy (RE) &
Energy Efficiency (EE)
programs
 Energy Access Targets
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9. Action Agenda
 RE Targets for on-grid  RE Targets for off-grid
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Items Value
(US $)
# of Units Total
SHS – 2.5W 70 4191 293370
SHS – 40W 650 2611 1697150
SHS – 70W 1000 2718 2718000
SHS – 150W 2000 673 1346000
SHS - HC 10000 30 300000
SHS - UBS 6300 51 3212000
SHS - SSS 55100 3 165300
SHS - ICT 30000 18 540000
Total 7381120

10. Action Agenda
 EE Targets in the biomass
sub-sector
 EE Targets in Electricity sub-
sector :
• 500000 CFLs to replace
ICLs in the households
• Reduce the technical losses
to 10%
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11. Action Agenda
 Priority Action Areas:
- Improved cooking systems such as modern fuels, modern
biomass stoves and sustainable biomass production
- Mechanical power for water pumping, MFPs for rural
communities etc.
- Electricity for urban/peri-urban households, rural
communities and households
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12. Investment Prospectus
 Attractive business and investment climate
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Investment Prospectus
• Provides the approach to operationalizing the Gambia’s AA
• Establishes country priority projects
• IP includes 18 projects at various stages of development
• 7 projects classified under Access to Energy
• 6 projects classified under Renewable Energy
• 5 projects classified under Energy Efficiency
• Total project portfolio is € 57million in terms of need for
investment
• Targeted investors are both private and public
• At this stage, IP is a rolling document within 2-3 yr timeframe
• Identified projects/proposals need to be developed into bankable
documents

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NEXT STEPS
• Political validation of AA
• Coordinate with partners to raise resources:
• For the development of concepts notes into bankable project
documents
• For the overall implementation of SE4ALL program in The
Gambia

15. THANK YOU
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