The African School of Regulation (ASR) is supporting the development of Zambia’s new concession-based rural electrification strategy, in collaboration with Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), The Rockefeller Foundation, GEAPP and the Rural Electrification Agency. This initiative aims to accelerate access to reliable and affordable electricity in rural areas by grounding the implementation of the Rural Electrification Master Plan (REMP) in the IFE principles, as the foundation to achieve universal electrification while building sustainable and scalable business models.
Since the beginning of 2024, ASR has been working with partners to design a strategic, regulatory and financial frameworks for territorial concessions. Building on Zambia’s updated REMP, the proposal applies ASR’s basket of essential good practices to ensure coherence between planning, regulation, and financing.
ASR’s technical work has focused on:
- Drafting the Head of Terms for the Concession Agreement, defining the scope, duration, exclusivity, together with the tender, performance incentives, and revenue settlement mechanisms.
- Analysing the techno-economic work of the REMP for a first round of pilot clusters, and proposed an integrated regulatory and financial structure to ensure cost recovery and affordability within Zambia’s national tariff framework.
- Engaging directly with institutions through in-person, case-based capacity building involving REA, ERB, the Ministry of Energy and others. This hands-on work will address key regulatory and financing bottlenecks for REMP implementation, resulting in a roadmap that will be deepened and expanded through the online course in the coming weeks.
This collaboration is part of the broader Mission 300 initiative, which aims to connect 300 million people in Africa to clean and affordable electricity by 2030.
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