1 Billion Seems Too Hard. What Can I Do?

Governments with goals to increase energy access in their countries

Create a supportive enabling environment for sustainable off-grid markets and mobilize public funding to enable the rapid adoption of clean energy technologies.

  • Catalyze access by removing VAT and import tariffs on off-grid solar products, and design responsible subsidies to bridge the affordability gap and maintain market viability
  • De-risk private investment through transparent grid-expansion plans
  • Work across ministries to break down silos; integrate off-grid solar into national strategies for climate, agriculture, food systems, digital inclusion, and rural development
  • Enable local lending through domestic bank guarantees and least-cost electrification policies

Off-grid Solar Companies

Provide underserved communities with high-quality, affordable, sustainable energy products and services.

    • Commit to the Consumer Protection Code and deliver certified, durable products that build consumer trust and long-term market value
    • Innovate through measurable PAYGo, Energy-as-a-Service, and productive-use models that expand both household and enterprise capacity
    • Invest in service and repair programs that extend product life and create jobs
    • Implement E-waste Best Practices and join the Circularity Working Group (exclusive to GOGLA members) 
    • Use data science and AI responsibly to improve credit scoring and deepen consumer insight, helping to expand access while protecting customers from over-indebtedness>

Public and Private Investors

Invest more capital in the off-grid solar sector, increase climate finance and build innovative financial mechanisms on terms that enable rapid, and inclusive growth.

  • Apply blended finance insights to mobilize catalytic capital, de-risk innovation, and tailor financing for real-world scale.
  • Explore our Fund Managers Showcase for co-investment opportunities with funds deploying blended capital in early equity, receivables finance, and local-currency lending.
  • Browse the GOGLA Pitch Book to meet innovators and find investable opportunities.
  • Join COFAN to collaborate with leading funders, align capital, and scale blended finance.
  • Get involved in GOGLA Working Groups to shape the future of off-grid finance.
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Development partners & Multilaterals

Support governments, investors and off-grid companies to catalyze sustainable off-grid markets, leverage investment and ensure that no one is left behind in the bid for universal electrification.

  • Support more concessional finance through catalytic subsidies and grants
  • Help to de-risk investment by lending and guarantees in local currencies, and developing more affordable FX hedging instruments and risk-sharing mechanisms.
  • Catalyze blended-finance vehicles to crowd in private capital for off-grid solutions.

There have been times when I had to conduct deliveries in the dark, using my phone’s flashlight by holding it in my mouth to see what I was doing. Popo power has made things much easier. It’s flexible, so we can move the lights where we need them, like the postnatal ward or the labor room. It’s also helpful in emergencies, like when we need to refer patients to higher-level facilities.This has really helped us a lot, and we are very grateful for it.”

Driwaru Gloria, Registered Midwife at OCEA Health Centre

About the Compact

Within the frame of the United Nations’ High-Level Dialogue on Energy, GOGLA has launched an Energy Compact and Roadmap to Power 1 Billion Lives Now. The Compact provides calls to action and a roadmap with milestones for all stakeholders to understand their role in helping the sector scale its impact and rapidly provide green, modern energy to 1 billion people.

The Compact provides calls to action and a roadmap with milestones for all stakeholders to understand their role in helping the sector scale its impact and rapidly provide green, modern energy to 1 billion people.

In 2021, GOGLA launched the Power 1 Billion Lives UN Energy Compact with SEforAll, to boost support for the off-grid solar sector to achieve SDG 7: “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.”

GOGLA celebrates the organisations that have endorsed the Power 1 Billion Lives Compact.

Join the Compact

GOGLA invites you or your organisation to join others and show your support for the “Power 1 Billion Lives” Compact by endorsing it.

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