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UOMA (the Uganda Off-Grid Energy Market Accelerator), founded in 2017, is a dedicated and neutral intermediary, focused on accelerating the growth of off-grid energy in Uganda to enable universal energy access. It was borne out of a partnership between USAID / Power Africa, DFID and the Shell Foundation under their Scaling Off-Grid Energy: Grand Challenge for Development (SOGE) partnership.

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Access to finance

Today, off-grid electrification in Uganda is predominantly driven by the private sector. In order …


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Communication & coordination

At the beginning of 2017 we released our market map on the off-grid energy space in Uganda. This …


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Government policy

Through our extensive engagement with government in 2017 it became increasingly apparent that there …


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Productive use technology

High capacity generation technologies – including standalone systems and mini-grids- have …


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Unserved populations

Today, 5.5 million households are without access to energy. Even under assumptions of aggressive …


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MAPPING THE MARKET

UOMA seeks to reduce barriers to scale to accelerate off-grid energy access in Uganda. Today, about 80% of Ugandans live without access to modern energy.


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REACHING UNSERVED POPULATIONS

 Bringing energy to these households has become a central focus of Uganda’s development agenda.


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