Lighting an African Family (LAAF) Project: Improving access to Clean Energy and environmental practices in Africa

About this project

According to the World Bank, 2023, roughly half of the continent’s population still lack access to electricity, this has gone up in recent years due to population growth outpacing new connections, especially in African urban areas. In places where connection exists, there are challenges of supply inconsistencies and frequent black outs. This stifles industrial growth, curtails economic productivity, and poses challenges to energy sustainability in households and increases overreliance on fuel for energy production in several African homes. Overall, according to Mo Ibrahim Foundation, 2022, electricity shortages cost Africa up to 4% of its GDP per year. The Lighting an African Family (LAAF): Improving access to clean energy and environmental sustainability in Africa project, will aim to support the increase in access to clean energy for urban communities in select cities in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria though advocacy and knowledge sharing activities on clean energy with key stakeholders, and establishing the existing gaps in accessing cleaner forms of energy at the end user levels. This will inform the project outputs both at the regional and country levels. Project Approach To deliver on the project objectives and achieve its desired impacts at the city, national and regional level, the project will deploy a series of activities, complemented with a communication/visibility plan to amplify awareness on the importance of clean energy. The following outputs will aim to de…

Published by

UN-Habitat · Multilateral

Countries

Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania

Sectors

Environmental policy and administrative management

Funded by

Shenzhen Poweroak Newener Company

Accountable

UN-Habitat

Published by UN-Habitat to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 13 Nov 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 41120-236824.

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