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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) is crucial for Benin’s economic and social development. Robust energy planning efforts are needed to facilitate these transitions.

Kartoza, together with partners KTH Royal Institute of Technology division of Energy Systems (KTH-dES) and Smart Development Works (SNV), were selected to prepare an Indicative Least-cost Geospatial Electrification Plan to Achieve Universal Access in Benin.

Kartoza’s mission is to help governments leverage open source geospatial technology. In partnering with KTH and SNV, we provided expertise in open source geospatial application development and training, electrification planning, and knowledge of Benin’s electrification industry. The result is a least-cost electrification model for Benin, an SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure), and an electrification modelling platform for visualising results. This platform supports the goal of achieving universal access to electricity.