Global Market Outlook for Solar Power 2025–2029

This third report in the "Solarize Africa Market Report" series investigates current developments on the African continent in general and 16 African national PV markets in detail.

Kenya’s solar sector is surging in 2025, driven by policy support, investment, and rising demand for clean, reliable energy.

Across East Africa, well‑designed and consistent public policy is proving essential to accelerating the clean‑energy transition by building investor confidence, enabling new business models, and driving inclusive green growth.

What was once seen as slow and incremental progress has begun to transform into something far more dynamic.

Off-grid solar systems are often the least expensive option for rural electrification. Solar home systems can power individual households, while mini-grids can supply entire villages. Each comes with its own advantages, disadvantages, and challenges. The aim of this session is to explore challenges as well as success stories. It takes well-functioning components such as battery systems, charge management and inverters to make projects successful. Proper system sizing, maintenance and repair management, as well as a robust financial concept are also necessary. If one of these elements is missing, the electrification will not be sustainable. This session will focus on the aspects mentioned above. The speakers will present successful and unsuccessful approaches and discuss what can be learned from them.