A poster presentation for USAID HESN's TechCon 2016 at MIT, November 11, 2016.

1. A dedadal challenge
• A$er 20 years insurgency
in Northern Uganda
• Transforma:on from
humanitarian to
developmental concerns
• 80% s:ll off-grid by 2022
Resources
• BOSCO: commitment to
dignified globaliza:on
• Nascent livelihood
ecosystems around
connec:vity and
electrifica:on
CE3
• Building on these
emerging ecosystems
• Connec:vity, electrifica:on,
entrepreneurship
• NDIGD, Accenture, other
corporate partnerships
Pilot efforts
• 3 x 1 kW hybrid solar
microgrids
• 1000 entrepreneurs
equipped with common
business language
• Contribu:ng to 400 jobs
Toward scale
• Produc:ve use CE3
ecosystems at kW scale
• Electrified businesses
reaching households
• U:lity-scale for income &
grid/off-grid coordina:on
Toward sustainability
• Learning from a study with
baseline of 5000 Gulu
businesses
• Local Business Planning
Interns w/ Accenture
support, paid by SACCO
Entrepreurial support
• Entrepreneurial Essen:als
(6 wk) for business planning
• Follow-up support in
Entrenpreurship Club
• SACCO microlending
• 130 Accenture mentors
Current model
• Local off-grid u:li:es
• 30 kW solar w/ storage
• Anchor tenants with
prepayment of 70%
• Electrified businesses with
entrepreneurial support
CE3-Uganda: Fostering Entrepreneurship in an Electrified, Connected Ecosystem
Thomas Loughran, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame