| Creators: |
Steurer, Elmar and Selomie, Daniel and Wagemann, Bernard |
| Title: |
Productive use of renewably energy supporting applied entrepreneurship. Lessons learned from a development project in rural Ethiopia |
| Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item |
| Event Title: |
(Proceedings of the) 5th Annual Conference “Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa” between the University of Nairobi, Kenya, the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences |
| Event Location: |
Sankt Augustin, Germany |
| Event Dates: |
November, 10-11, 2016 |
| Projects: |
IFE |
| Page Range: |
pp. 7-24 |
| Date: |
2017 |
| Divisions: |
Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| Abstract (ENG): |
Access to affordable energy - for basic needs as well as for national economic development - is a crucial
concern for developing countries. Access to modern and sustainable energy services in rural areas, where the
majority of the population is living in poverty, is a particularly urgent challenge, and one which has been
recognized as crucial within the global development agenda.
The current dominant development model, focused on achieving macro-economic growth, gives priority to
large-scale or centralized energy infrastructures for national growth or for meeting the urban demand. Rural
areas of poorer countries are often at a disadvantage in terms of access to all types of services – roads, health
facilities, markets, information and clean water. The high cost of providing these services in remote areas has
led to new approaches being tried, based on self-help and the private sector rather than traditional
government-led solutions. The missing access to electricity is primarily the reason for the poor operational
environment of entrepreneurship especially in rural areas of developing countries, which poses many barriers to
their development and limits their competitiveness. Energy services for household, agriculture and production
serve as best examples as sectors exposed to enable entrepreneurship by productive use of renewable energy.
This paper describes the line-up, the challenges and the outcome of a development project in rural Ethiopia to
support entrepreneurship based on the usage of renewable energy, in this case mainly photo-voltaic
technology. In particular, this study tries to show up key features which are required to enable sustainable
energy access and foster implementation challenges of developed business models in practice. Based on this
experience, the paper discusses implications and lessons learned for a further development. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Language: |
English |
| Link eMedia: |
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| Citation: |
Steurer, Elmar and Selomie, Daniel and Wagemann, Bernard
(2017)
Productive use of renewably energy supporting applied entrepreneurship. Lessons learned from a development project in rural Ethiopia.
In: (Proceedings of the) 5th Annual Conference “Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa” between the University of Nairobi, Kenya, the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, November, 10-11, 2016, Sankt Augustin, Germany, pp. 7-24.
ISBN 9783960430421
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