{"id":21202,"date":"2018-01-23T00:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/energy\/pv-magazine-reports-major-milestones-for-payg-solar-in-africa-but-for-whom.html"},"modified":"2018-01-23T00:09:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T23:09:00","slug":"pv-magazine-reports-major-milestones-for-payg-solar-in-africa-but-for-whom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/en\/energy\/pv-magazine-reports-major-milestones-for-payg-solar-in-africa-but-for-whom\/","title":{"rendered":"PV Magazine reports major milestones for PAYG solar in Africa – but for whom?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to PV Magazine<\/a> the two major milestones for off-grid in Africa are: the industry would has raised over $600 million in financing – two major takeover happened (Mobisol\/Lumeter – ENGIE\/Fenix) Of course, these are milestones – but for whom? <\/p>\n

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Where is the advantage for Africa if two international companies are taking over each other? Where is the advantage for Africa, if investors are investing in international companies working in Africa – and not in African companies working in Africa?<\/p>\n

Obviously, one can – rightly – argue that these foreign investments and acquisitions also benefit Africa because these companies are doing business partially in Africa. And they can – like many other foreign investments – initiate local development.<\/p>\n

But we should not lose sight, through the success of foreign companies and investors, that the real goal must be different.<\/p>\n

The real major milestones <\/strong> <\/p>\n

With all the joy for growing investment and profit for foreign companies, we should not forget the real steps forward: “Made in Africa” and “Made by Africans”.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it would be important if PV magazine could someday report on these major milestones:<\/p>\n