CIZO: Bboxx/EDF solar kits national electrification programme
CIZO, a name the operator's own site says comes from the local Guin word for 'to light up', is Togo's national rural electrification subsidy programme. Bboxx has distributed solar home systems under it since winning an initial tender in 2017, operating from 2018 as 'Bboxx avec EDF' until taking sole control in February 2026.
Image credit
The Kabyè mountains near Pya, Togo. Country landscape context for the CIZO programme; this view does not identify a Bboxx installation.Location context · Essohanambenedicte · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2023 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorBboxx (as 'Bboxx avec EDF' 2018-2026, sole control from Feb 2026)
EcosystemSolar home systems (PAYG)
StandardGold Standard (Bboxx multi-country Programme of Activities)
StatusActive
LocationTogo, nationwide, rural focus
Overview
Inside the project
Bboxx's own figures put over 100,000 Togolese people with first-time access to clean energy at home, in their communities and in their businesses.
Togo First's independent reporting counts 134,431 solar kits distributed by mid-2023. Togo is one of the countries covered by Bboxx's Gold Standard-certified carbon-credit Programme of Activities.
100,000+
People with first-time access (Bboxx)
134,431
Solar kits distributed by mid-2023 (Togo First)
Objectives
- Distribute solar home systems nationwide, with a rural focus
- Provide first-time clean energy access to Togolese households and businesses
Approach
- Solar kits are distributed nationwide under a government subsidy ('cheque') scheme from 2019, financed in part through the operator's Gold Standard-certified carbon-credit programme.
Sources
Inspect 3 sources
- bboxx.com ↗https://www.bboxx.com/countries/togo/
- togofirst.com ↗https://www.togofirst.com/en/energy/2109-12576-cizo-program-over-130-000-solar-kits-distributed-at-june-2023
- edf.fr ↗https://www.edf.fr/en/the-edf-group/dedicated-sections/journalists/all-press-releases/bboxx-and-edf-team-up-to-develop-off-grid-energy-solutions-in-togo
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