On November 15 and 16, 2023, the Digital Energy Challenge rewarded the projects of nine prizewinners who are helping to modernize the energy sector.
The main categories are:
Universal Electricity Access and Mini-grids (autonomous power grids in Africa, essential for supplying isolated populations not covered by national grids)
Efficient Grid Management for Public Energy Services
Resilience and Decarbonization of Power Systems
The objective: support access to energy, promote renewable energies, and improve the service quality of energy operators.
The Digital Energy Challenge is one of the pillars of the Digital Energy Facility, a program financed by the European Commission and implemented by AFD.
Increase in AI-powered solutions
Many of this year’s winners proposed AI-powered solutions to tackle issues such as predictive maintenance, in which the performance of appliances and electronic goods are monitored and analyzed to identify potential faults ahead of time.
"Digitalization and in particular harnessing the power of AI to boost efficiency and accelerate innovation in the energy sector in Africa are paramount,” Bertrand Walckenaer, AFD’s Deputy CEO, said at the ceremony.
More about the 2023 Digital Energy Challenge in the video below and the nine winning projects on AFD's website.
