Local Service Centers (CCA)

Countries Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Tchad Beneficiary EDF-ADEME-FRANCE TELECOM-TOTAL Project financing EDF-ADEME Rural Communities Project issue Electrification via photovoltaic systems, public commercial services Project supervision/contractor SEMIS Partner Project description It aims at providing African villages of some importance (2,000 to 5,000 inhabitants) with a set of minimum-comfort services, in addition to the existing water and health services of strictly necessary to life. The multi-service center CCA (LSC: Local Service Center) has for objective to provide the rural populations with: • commercial services (telephony; TV showings; renting of: photovoltaic kits, portable solar-powered lamps, energy boxes; battery recharging; sale of soft drinks); • non-commercial services, such as providing electricity to public facilities (maternities, hospitals, community clinics, schools, community centers…) and to market places and religious centers. The viability of a local service center depends on the villages' level of equipment. The minimum resources required for the implementation of a local service center are: • sustainable natural resources and local economy (breeding, agriculture, small scale cottage industry,…..) • a water supply service using an electrical water pump system (sun-powered or other) • a basic health service, already having at its disposal a system to preserve medicines and vaccines by refrigeration (solar, natural gas, or fuel powered refrigerator) • a technical environment of proximity, with available and competent local professionals, for the installation and maintenance of photovoltaic and diesel decentralized power plants and of low voltage receptors. • human resources capable, after adequate training, of managing the local service center and providing first-level maintenance on the equipment. For more information: • EDF : www.edf.fr • Total : www.total.com

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