The workshop in Arusha explored the East African/Tanzanian environment for village energy, local case studies, challenges and opportunities, with a view to formulating policy recommendations for policymakers, funders, NGOs and other stakeholders the region. An important part of the workshop, and indeed the whole Smart Villages initiative work programme, was to gather evidence from existing projects that have provided or facilitated sustainable off-grid energy solutions in the developing world.The workshop gathered more than 50 experts, including policymakers, NGOs, off-grid energy entrepreneurs and others to look for solutions to providing energy to villages off the grid.

1. 0900 Summary of day 1 : John Holmes, EASAC
0915 Panel Session 2 – key energy uses
- Clean water: Simon Bartlett, Coca Cola
- Rural healthcare innovations: Dr Kanav Kahol (video presentation)
- Poor people’s energy outlook: Ewan Bloomfield, Practical Action
-Agricultural innovation: Dr ClaudiaCanales Holzeis, Oxford University
1130 Mini Keynote:TERI India Africa programme: Dr Janakaraj Murali
1145 Breakout groups to consider energy needs and possibilities in rural communities
1230 Report back to plenary
1400 Panel Session 3 – other perspectives on village level energy
-Tanzania Rural EnergyAgency: EngAdvera Mwijage
- Fostering entrepreneurship: Emma Caddy, ERM Foundation
- Swedish development cooperation: Samer Fayadh
- Societal repercussions: Dr Helene Ahlborg, CTH
- Market based solutions for scaling access to energy inTanzania: MartijnVeen
-Technical training: Dr Justus Simiyu, University of Nairobi
1630 Keynote address 2 on GlobalVillage Energy Partnership: Lindsay van Landeghem
1700 Plenary discussion on overall perspective and choose final breakout topics for
tomorrow
Day 2: Wednesday 4th June 2014

2. • Coca Cola EKOCENTER: Simon Bartlett
• Rural Healthcare Innovations: Kanav Kahol (video)
• Poor Peoples’ Energy Outlook: Ewan Bloomfield
• Agricultural innovation:Claudia Canales Holzeis
Panel Session 2 – key energy uses

3. • Interest/value of involvement of big corporations: business know
how / distribution networks / 23.1 trillion $
• Making healthcare affordable: ICT + low cost diagnostics
• Value of analytical frameworks: tracking progress and evaluating
pinch points in markets
• Leverage of ICT +energy in enhancing agricultural practices
• ‘Sesame song’: traditional ways of communicating messages
Panel Session 2 – key energy uses

4. • Up-scaling access to clean lighting and cooking: lighting a billion
lives
• Importance of capacity building
• Developing viable business models
• Need for / challenges of establishing local fabrication
• Need for performance benchmarks
TERI India Africa programme

5. • How can we achieve an effective integration between initiatives for energy
access and other strands of development?
• How can the rate of progression through higher levels of energy access be
increased, and ‘lock-in’ at lower levels be avoided?
Breakout groups to consider energy needs
and possibilities in rural communities: group 1
• Anchor on core loads, e.g. cell phone tower
• Hub villages for enhanced energy services
• Approach from service demand perspective
• Progression: need to create surpluses which can be sold
• Delivering services that communities actually want

6. • How should energy access initiatives be constituted so as to enable the
poorest families to escape the poverty trap?
• How can a focus on energy provision and use at a community level result in
greater overall value than focusing on individual access?
Breakout groups to consider energy needs
and possibilities in rural communities: Group 2
• Create awareness of costs and benefits of energy access
• Getting on the first rung: harness existing village-level support
systems
• Base around key community services, e.g. hospital, school
• Challenge of dispersed communities: hub and spoke approach

7. • What are the distinctive energy needs of village-level education, healthcare,
clean water and sanitation?
• What are the key challenges and opportunities for meeting those needs?
Breakout groups to consider energy needs and
possibilities in rural communities: Group 3
• Need to increase awareness of possibilities and benefits for
households
• Consumer rights: problem of fake products
• Issue of affordability and availability of credit: for appliances too
• Need for good technical support and maintenance

8. • What are the distinctive energy needs to support productive enterprises and
income generation?
• How can we establish a ‘positive spiral’ where energy access generates
income that can be used to progress up the energy/development ladder?
Breakout groups to consider energy needs and
possibilities in rural communities: Group 4
• Always situation specific
• Existing enterprises: what energy services can improve
productivity and profits?
• New enterprises: what new market opportunities from different
levels of energy access (pain points)?
• Invest in entrepreneurs
• Better knowledge sharing: successful and failed projects
• Effective collaboration: government / NGOs / private sector

9. • Tanzania Rural Energy Agency: Advera Mwijage
• Fostering Entrepreneurship: Emma Caddy
• Swedish development cooperation: Samer Fayadh
• Societal Opportunities and Challenges: Helene Ahlborg
• Market based solutions for scaling access to energy inTanzania:
MartijnVeen
• Technical training: Justus Simiyu
Panel Session 3 – other perspectives on
village level energy

10. • Solar lights / home systems:
• ‘tipping point’
• Product and demand are there
• remaining challenge of distribution
• Challenges and opportunities of community involvement and
ownership: public/private/community partnerships
• Role of impact investment: middle road between grants and fully
commercial
• Continuing need for capacity building and training: issue of
outreach
Panel Session 3 – other perspectives on
village level energy

11. Challenges for SMEs: Seed and working capital / end-user financing /
distribution / access to market data / after-sales service
The way forward:
• Innovate to address challenges of scale-up
• Improve policy, law and regulatory framework
• Donors engage with SMEs and fill gaps where private sector
financiers will not participate
• attract private capital by mitigating risks
• create and aggregate data to promote best practices and improve
forecasting
• Continue investment in incubation, business development, and
advisory support
Keynote address 2 on GlobalVillage
Energy Partnership

12. 0900 Summary of day 2:
0915 Keynote address 3: African innovation systems: Andrew Mnzava
0945 Keynote address 4: Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund: Eliguard Dawson
1045 Strategic breakout groups
1145 Report back from breakout groups
1400 Panel & Plenary Discussion: messages to key audiences
1515 Summary & farewell
Day 3:Thursday 5th June 2014