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The SIGMA team held its Final Dissemination event on 16 February 2024. Some key takeaways, along with conference presentations and posters, are summarized.

Andrew Barnett, Member SIGMA Advisory Group, reflects on discussions, themes and presentations from the SIGMA Final Dissemination Event.

Blog invité d'Émilie Étienne, doctorante en sociologie et économie aux centres de recherche PACTE et GAEL de l'Université Grenoble-Alpes

Guest blog from Émilie Étienne, PhD student in sociology and economics in the PACTE and GAEL research centres at the University of Grenoble-Alpes

Daniel Kerr writes on the latest SIGMA project working paper, investigating the technical sustainability of mini-grids in developing countries, from the design stage through to operations and enhancing services

Abigael Okoko écrit, dans notre troisième et dernier article de la série par l'équipe SIGMA de la CFIA, sur les utilisations productives de l'énergie de mini-réseaux, et les avantages des consommateurs ancrés dans les nouveaux projets de mini-réseaux.

Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka, Israel Faleye et Deji Yusuf écrivent sur les bénéficiaires des mini-réseaux dans les communautés rurales africaines et comment une fixation sur « l'utilisation productive » pourrait désavantager certaines industries.

Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka, Israel Faleye and Deji Yusuf write on beneficiaries of minigrids in rural African communities, and how a fixation on "productive use" could disadvantage some industries.

Okechukwu Ugwu, Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka and Ewah Eleri write on the technical and financial sustainability of mini-grids in Nigeria and current policy programmes

Unico Uduka and Temilade Sesan write in our latest blog about the need for greater and deeper community engagement in Nigeria in developing new mini-grid projects.

Abigael Okoko writes in our third and final blog in the series from the SIGMA team at CFIA, on productive uses of energy in mini-grids, and the benefits of anchor consumers in new mini-grid projects.

In the second of our blog series from the SIGMA project team at CFIA, Beryl Onjala writes about the opportunities for integrating electric cooking services into mini-grid provision, and the benefits this approach can bring.