Recording of Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | The smarter E Europe Conferences 2025 | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 15:46 .

Prospect Project's Open-Source Platform Boosts Ugandan Off-Grid Solar Sales Beyond 2027 Targets, Enhancing Energy Access and Data Transparency.

The Prospect project is an open-source platform designed to improve transparency in energy access and impact assessment for Sustainable Development Goal 7. Supported by the EU and several European nations, it collects data on energy transitions using automated systems like IoT devices or mobile money payments. The platform standardizes CRM data into visualizations and KPIs, allowing companies to share insights with stakeholders such as local governments or investors under specific agreements. Originating from Sub-Saharan Africa's solar industry experiences, where large analytics teams are rare due to resource constraints, Prospect offers digital monitoring solutions that save time compared to traditional verification methods involving independent agents. Privacy measures ensure pseudonymized customer information remains secure while supporting results-based finance programs efficiently; its implementation in Uganda notably reduced verification costs significantly while aiding household electrification efforts alongside partners like UECCC and the World Bank. In Uganda specifically, field agents use a mobile app called Prospect during sales transactions for inputting customer details including ID photos for subsidy eligibility checks (50-60% of kit prices). Mobile money payments act as proxies when IoT data isn't available ensuring transaction authenticity through cross-verification against CRM statements. Unlike Odyssey—a paid closed-source IT tool—Prospect remains flexible yet modifiable catering more openly towards public sector actors globally.

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Speaker

Brianna Schuyler
Director of Digital Product
Access to Energy Institute
Germany

Talk of session: Off-Grid: Digitalization to Scale Up Off-Grid Projects

This session explores how digitalization is revolutionizing off-grid energy projects, enabling scalability and efficiency in underserved areas. Experts will discuss cutting-edge solutions based on the use and application of digital tools to support planning, development, and operations ultimately enhancing affordability. Attendees will gain insights into leveraging digital tools for optimized planning and project management, customer engagement, monitoring, and sustainable growth. Real-world case studies will highlight successful implementations, showcasing how technology bridges the gap between innovation and impact in energy access.

Further Talks of this session:

Optimizing Island Energy Systems: Modeling Hydrogen Integration in the Asia-Pacific

Speaker

Dr. Philipp Blechinger
Head of Unit Off-Grid Systems
Reiner Lemoine Institut gGmbH
Germany

To Talk

Digital Tools for Planning and Monitoring: Insights from Mozambique

Speaker

Chloé Coral
Project Engineer
Azimut 360
Spain

To Talk

Illuminating Rural West Africa: AI-Driven Demand Modeling for Sustainable Energy Access.

Speaker

Bachirou Djibo Boubé
Senior Guest Researcher
Reiner Lemoine Institut gGmbH
Germany

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Q&A Session

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