This new brief focuses on the cost-effective execution of the national survey, which covered tens of thousands of locations at just $10 per site - using innovative surveying methods and technologies. It describes how the survey achieved high accuracy with minimal site visits for gathering critical data to support rural electrification efforts.

Understanding what drives the community, what energy can unlock for rural livelihoods, and what activities entrepreneurial households are engaging in continues to be a challenge. We took a stab at understanding what it takes to achieve this at a “national scale”. The idea was to explore how bottom-up local demands can shape national-scale investments.

The following brief shares some initial insights from our work in Uganda as part of the Columbia World Projects’ initiative “Using Data to Catalyze Energy Investments”. Read more about the project here, and look out for more insights shared through future blog posts on this website.

Read this brief here.