Mini-Grid and Solar Manufacturing Push Continues, With Slow Disbursement

An $85 million rural electrification and solar programme backed by a regional development bank is only about 13 percent disbursed so far, while a separate German-backed solar panel factory could make Ghana the first producer of its kind in West Africa. Slow fund release on the first project suggests room for an intermediary to help qualifying local developers actually access committed but undeployed capital.