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| | *[https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/pandemic-energy-access-coronavirus Here's why energy security is a vital tool in tackling a pandemic], World Economic Forum, 6 April 2020<br/> | | *[https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/pandemic-energy-access-coronavirus Here's why energy security is a vital tool in tackling a pandemic], World Economic Forum, 6 April 2020<br/> |
| | *[https://www.cnbcafrica.com/coronavirus/2020/04/09/op-ed-covid-19-is-a-huge-threat-to-africas-off-grid-energy-sector-and-its-millions-of-customers-heres-what-needs-to-be-done/ OP-Ed COVID-19 is a huge threat to Africa’s off-grid energy sector and its millions of customers – here’s what needs to be done]<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, </span><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mansoor Hamayun, CNBC, 9 April 2020</span><br/> | | *[https://www.cnbcafrica.com/coronavirus/2020/04/09/op-ed-covid-19-is-a-huge-threat-to-africas-off-grid-energy-sector-and-its-millions-of-customers-heres-what-needs-to-be-done/ OP-Ed COVID-19 is a huge threat to Africa’s off-grid energy sector and its millions of customers – here’s what needs to be done]<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, </span><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mansoor Hamayun, CNBC, 9 April 2020</span><br/> |
| | + | *[https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/04/10/staying-on-course-renewable-energy-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ Staying on Course: Renewable Energy in the Time of COVID-19], Newsroon, 10 April 2020<br/> |
| | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4KLfwyyUiI COVID-19: Lessons learnt and outlooks for sustainable, low carbon transport], SLOCAT, 14 April 2020 | | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4KLfwyyUiI COVID-19: Lessons learnt and outlooks for sustainable, low carbon transport], SLOCAT, 14 April 2020 |
| | *[https://nextbillion.net/ast-mile-distributors-adapting-covid19 How Will Last-Mile Distributors Adapt to and Survive the COVID-19 Crisis?], Emma Colenbrander, Practical Action, Global Distributors Collective (GDC), 14.4.2020 | | *[https://nextbillion.net/ast-mile-distributors-adapting-covid19 How Will Last-Mile Distributors Adapt to and Survive the COVID-19 Crisis?], Emma Colenbrander, Practical Action, Global Distributors Collective (GDC), 14.4.2020 |
The global pandemic COVID-19 has completely uprooted our lives and changed the way we work. It also has a tremendous impact on the off-grid energy sector. According to a survey by GOGLA, if this situation lasts for more than 3-4 months, many off-grid companies (almost 50%) will not survive. One of the biggest problems of off-grid companies is liquidity. Due to the current situation, customer liquidity has gone down, new sales have decreased, access to capital is either slowed or reduced and this has made it difficult to maintain the infrastructures.
Below are a list of different resouces such as funding opportunities, tools and courses:
