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A Senegalese community with a green vision

The community of N’diob in Senegal has a green mission and wants to become a self-sufficient organic agricultural community that is independent of imports. Renewable energy solutions, such as the "ImpactSite", and new concepts contributed to building better value chains.

Africa

Senegal

N’diob

Funding period: 2021-2022

Electricity plays a central role in the development of rural regions in sub-Saharan Africa. Water treatment, cold chains, electricity, Internet are needed – and all of this seamlessly and securely. The social enterprise Africa GreenTec is taking a big step in this direction with the development and introduction of their "ImpactSites". These sites are part of a holistic concept designed to improve people's productivity and living conditions through sustainable, solar energy-based power generation.

In the N’diob community in Senegal, a pilot project for implementing ImpactSites in Senegal was realised. Such ImpactSites provide entire village communities in rural regions of sub-Saharan Africa with electricity and equip them with modern technologies, thereby ensuring access to clean drinking water, among other things. In addition, the community of N‘diob has been working for a green mission: it wants to become a self-sufficient organic farming community. The concept relies on energy solutions from renewable sources and on sustainable partners for building the associated value chains.

Matthew Magwede (Wilo Group), Torsten Schreiber (Africa GreenTec), Sönke Siemon (Deutscher Botschafter im Senegal), Frau Siemon, Saidou Gaye (Wilo Group), David Höltgen (Wilo-Foundation) auf der ImpactSite — Opening of the Impact Site in N'diob in May 2022. from left to right: Matthew Magwede (Wilo Group), Torsten Schreiber (Africa GreenTec), Sönke Siemon (German Ambassador to Senegal), Ms. Siemon, Saidou Gaye (Wilo Group), David Höltgen (Wilo-Foundation).

Senegalesische Enactus-Studierende auf der ImpactSite vor einem "Cooltainer" — The project is financially supported by the Wilo-Foundation, which in particular promoted the electrification of primary schools as well as workshops on vocational training and increasing the employment of girls and women. Photo: Wilo-Foundation

Torsten Schreiber (Africa GreenTec) erläutert senegalesischen Enactus-Studierenden die Funktionsweise des "Cooltainers" — Together with 50 Senegalese Enactus students David Höltgen (Wilo-Foundation) visited the official opening of the Impact Site in Mai 2022. Photo: Wilo Foundation, Credit: Kevin Bressler

Ein senegalesischer Mann lächelt — The Impact Site is optimized in terms of the social and economic conditions of the local people. Photo: Wilo-Foundation

The project was supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as the main sponsor and the Wilo-Foundation as a private foundation, which focused its support on the electrification of primary schools and several households as well as training community residents in building their own small income-generation models. There were also various technical partners, including the Wilo Group. The Technical University of Munich provided academic support.

Photo Header: Africa GreenTec Foundation, Hainburg

Our funding partner

The mission of the non-profit association Africa GreenTec Foundation e.V., Hainburg, is to support communities in rural Africa in building a livable future for themselves. Its aim is to foster a new form of development cooperation: one that takes traditional development aid a step further and is based on a mutual learning process. In its efforts, the association is guided by one overarching goal: all children of the world should have the right to clean drinking water, access to education, good infrastructure and prosperity based on fair and ecological principles.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) forms the global framework for action for socially, economically and ecologically sustainable development. Our funding commitment also supports these sustainability goals. With this project, we are making a contribution to achieving the following SDGs:

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