Training for SMEs in the off-grid photovoltaic solar sector in Nigeria

Training for small and medium-sized enterprises in the off-grid solar photovoltaic sector in Nigeria: ECOWAS, in collaboration with Ecobank Nigeria and with the support of the World Bank, is building the capacity of more than 50 entrepreneurs (10 March 2025, Abuja, Nigeria).

The ECOWAS Commissioner for Internal Services, Professor Nazifi Abdullahi Darma, officially launched on Monday 10 March 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria, on behalf of the Chairperson of the Commission, His Excellency Dr Omar Alieu Touré, a capacity-building workshop for more than 50 small and medium-sized enterprises in the off-grid solar photovoltaic sector.

This training course, which forms part of the implementation of the ROGEAP project’s activities, will continue until 12 March. At the end of this capacity-building workshop, participants will have:

ü A good understanding of the ROGEAP grant scheme and how to access funding;

ü A sound understanding of off-grid solar photovoltaic technology, quality assurance frameworks (standards) and environmental and social considerations;

ü Tools are available to help them develop business models and market expansion strategies,

The representative of Ecobank Nigeria reaffirmed the pan-African banking group’s willingness to support the sector and to strengthen its collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission.

ROGEAP is a project jointly funded by the World Bank, the Clean Technology Fund and the Dutch Directorate-General for International Cooperation, and is being implemented by the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation of the ECOWAS Commission for its Component 1 (Developing a regional market for off-grid solar systems). RO-GEAP covers 19 countries, including those in ECOWAS

Abuja, Nigeria, 10 March 2025

Communications Department