Senegal ASER targets remote villages with solar kits
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Pape Momar Ngom, director general of the Agence Sénégalaise d’Électrification Rurale (ASER) in Senegal, visited the Saint-Louis region to assess solar kit installations in the villages of Bouh Minguene and Khelcom Diaw.
ASER is working to achieve universal electricity coverage by 2029 through extending existing power lines, building solar power plants, and providing individual solar kits to the most remote villages.
Ngom and representatives from Compagnie maroco-sénégalaise d’électricité (Comasel) discussed the benefits and challenges of the solar kits with local residents. Individual kits offer a cost-effective alternative to connecting remote homes to the main power grid and can power lights and appliances. ASER previously electrified six villages in the Kaffrine region in June 2026 under the direction of Jean Michel Sène, the agency’s former director general.
Currently, 6,471 villages in Senegal still lack electricity, and ASER estimates it will cost 400 billion CFA francs to connect them, in addition to funding for projects already underway. Potential funders have offered over 800 billion CFA francs, but the details of this funding are still under review. Ngom also met with the prefect of Saint-Louis, stressing the importance of administrative involvement in electrification programs to improve living conditions in rural areas.
