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In 2022, the Oxford Policy Fellowship (OPF), with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation, commissioned Ernst & Young to explore the legislative frameworks for renewable electricity generation in Sierra Leone and Malawi to determine if they would both facilitate the transition to renewables and attract foreign investment.

In 2022, the Oxford Policy Fellowship (OPF), with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation, commissioned Ernst & Young to explore the legislative frameworks for renewable electricity generation in Sierra Leone and Malawi to determine if they would both facilitate the transition to renewables and attract foreign investment.

Transitioning to renewable energy in Africa

Governments will need well-qualified and knowledgeable public sector lawyers to ensure their legislativeframeworks for renewable and accessible energy are robust to current and future needs. OPF, in collaboration with ILI-SACE, developed a new course that would transfer these skills to African public sector lawyers to help them manage the legal issues of the transition. Image […]

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Transitioning to renewable energy in Malawi

Approximately 85% of Malawi’s population remains without access to electricity. Providinginclusive access to renewable energy would transform the livelihoods of most of its ruralpopulation and increase agricultural yields and resilience. With some adjustments to itslegal system (and developing the capacity required to implement it), Malawi will be able toattract the significant investment required to make […]

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