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The School Electricity Access Database for Africa

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The School Electricity Access Database (SEADB) for Africa incorporates

(i) Geographic locations of schools

(ii) the estimated electricity access for each school,

(iii) the estimated power requirements,

(iv) the optimised PV and battery size to meet these requirements,

(vi) the costs of the PV systems to be installed (OPEX, CAPEX, LCOE)

(vii) the average time of student to walk to the nearest school

(vii) the average motorised travel time to the nearest school

Also, the EASDB provides information about schools with access or no access to electricity.

Contributing Institutions:

European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy

UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund; New York, USA

Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

Contributors

Daniel Weiss; Fernando Fahl; Georgia Kakoulaki; Magda Moner

How to cite

These authors contributed equally to this work (2026): The School Electricity Access Database for Africa. European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.719TH5G PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/c8eeea35-7233-48e3-81f3-ab6f7ea8d3bc

Keywords

AccessibilityAfricaEducationElectricity AccessSolar PhotoVoltaics (PV)Sustainable Development

Data access

The School Electricity Access Database for Africa
Esri File Geodatabase

GDB is an Esri's file-based geodatabase format, stored as folders in a file system. It shall be used for Esri file geodatabases. The file is a zip archive that contains the gdb directory.
Downloadable file

A downloadable file for the dataset.

Use conditions
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Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
magda.moner (at) ext.ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
irregular

The event occurs at uneven intervals.

Language(s)
English

English is a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states and is now a global lingua franca.It is the third-most-common native language in the world and it is widely learned as a second language.

Data theme(s)
Education, culture and sport

dataset theme covering the domains of education, which facilitates learning and the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits; culture, which includes the social behaviour, norms, knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits found in human societies; and sport, encompassing competitive physical activities or games that improve physical ability, skills, and provide enjoyment to participants as well as entertainment to spectators
Energy

dataset theme covering the domain of energy, characterised as the quantitative property necessary to perform work on or heat objects, and vital element of living organisms and the operation of human civilisation
Environment

dataset theme covering the domain of environment, defined as the interaction of all living species, climate, weather, and natural resources that impact human survival and economic activity
Health

dataset theme covering the domain of health which includes health conditions, diseases, treatments, healthcare services, and health policies
International issues

dataset theme covering the domain of international issues which relates to significant topics or problems that are subject to debate or discussion and involve participants from at least two different countries
Population and society

dataset theme covering the domains of population and society, where population refers to the total number of people residing within various geographic levels from cities to the global scale, and society denotes a collective of individuals engaged in continuous social interaction within a common territory, often under the same political and cultural norms
Transport

dataset theme covering the domain of transport, which involves the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another using various modes such as air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline and space

Geographical name(s)
Africa
Issued date
2024-06-26
Created date
27 Jun 2024 09:01
Modified date
27 Nov 2025 09:39
Landing page
https://africa-knowledge-platform.ec.europa.eu/energy_tool 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/c8eeea35-7233-48e3-81f3-ab6f7ea8d3bc
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