Powering Social Infrastructure in Sierra Leone: Market Assessment and Roadmap for Schools

The assessment reveals that 85% of primary schools and 45% of senior secondary schools in Sierra Leone lack power, with nearly 10,000 schools requiring power solutions. Closing the gap for secondary schools alone would cost approximately USD 90 million. The roadmap recommends investing in reliable data, establishing minimum technical standards for electrification, and piloting innovative private-public models to ensure long-term operation and maintenance sustainability.

• A significant portion of Sierra Leone's educational infrastructure lacks electricity, with 85 percent of primary schools and 45 percent of senior secondary schools without power. This results in nearly 10,000 schools needing power solutions, including 1,745 secondary schools.
• The estimated cost to address the energy access gap specifically for secondary education facilities, which have higher energy requirements, is approximately USD 90 million.
• To accelerate the deployment of sustainable power, the document recommends improving data reliability on electrification rates, increasing coordination on minimum technical standards, and developing innovative models that combine private sector skills with public sector funding for long-term operation and maintenance.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2023). Powering Social Infrastructure in Sierra Leone: Market Assessment and Roadmap for Schools. https://www.seforall.org/publications/powering-social-infrastructure-in-sierra-leone-market-assessment-and-roadmap-for

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. Powering Social Infrastructure in Sierra Leone: Market Assessment and Roadmap for Schools. 2023. https://www.seforall.org/publications/powering-social-infrastructure-in-sierra-leone-market-assessment-and-roadmap-for.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2023powering, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{Powering Social Infrastructure in Sierra Leone: Market Assessment and Roadmap for Schools}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://www.seforall.org/publications/powering-social-infrastructure-in-sierra-leone-market-assessment-and-roadmap-for}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }