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State Electricity Market Handbook

August 2025

August 2025

Climate Finance Navigator

August 2025

August 2025

Climate Finance Workshop Report

August 2025

August 2025

How to make a Project Bankable

August 2025

August 2025

Making PPPs work in Nigeria

August 2025

August 2025

Project Delivery Pathway

August 2025

August 2025

Project Screening Methodology

August 2025

August 2025

Unlocking Climate Finance for IPPs

August 2025

August 2025

Economic & bottom tier prospects in Nigeria’s 2023 Electricity Act: What’s your appetite?

The 2022 Constitutional Amendment expands the power of Nigeria’s 36 States to...

December 2024

December 2024

What you need to know about Climate Finance

Here in a nutshell is what you need to know about Climate...

July 2024

July 2024

Climate Finance Funds development priorities

Infrastructure needs can be aligned with climate change to enhance energy security,...

July 2024

July 2024

Roundtable for State Access to Climate Finance- Expected Outcomes

Engr. Frank Edozie, Team Lead, UKNIAF, emphasizes focusing on development projects that...

July 2024

July 2024

From Policy to Practice: Building the Future of Nigeria’s Energy Sector

The journey towards a decentralised electricity market in Nigeria is a vivid...

May 2024

May 2024

Electricity tariffs: A three-way conversation

Three Perspectives on Nigeria’s Electricity Tariff Review: the Utilities, the Climate Change...

April 2024

April 2024

Women on the Grid Hub

UKNIAF works to inspire women managers within the Nigerian power sector through...

April 2024

April 2024

Nigeria and UKNIAF at COP28

For UKNIAF and its stakeholders, the way forward involves not just acknowledging...

February 2024

February 2024

UKNIAF: The Z pamphlet for COP28

Here is a brief on who we are, what we do, who...

November 2023

November 2023

Influencing infrastructure decision making

Stories of Change: UKNIAF's work on the Decision Support Tool (DST)

May 2023

May 2023

Developing an Integrated Resource Plan for Nigeria

Stories of Change: UKNIAF's work on the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)

May 2023

May 2023

Mobilizing private sector finance for climate smart infrastructure projects

Stories of Change: UKNIAF's work on Special Agro Processing Zones (SAPZ)

May 2023

May 2023

Support to transform Nigeria’s power regulation

Stories of Change: UKNIAF's work on the Service Based Tariff dashboard (SBT)

May 2023

May 2023

Intro: UKNIAF’s Climate Smart Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Training- Obinna Ihedioha

Obinna Ihedioha, Deputy Managing Director, UKNIAF, speaks on the need for the...

April 2023

April 2023

Women on the (electricity) Grid Hub

The Hub aims to encourage women’s active participation in the power sector

November 2022

November 2022

Power Sector Stakeholder Surveys

Assessing baseline knowledge on the development of an Integrated Resource Plan

August 2022

August 2022

UKNIAF, AfDB update and collaboration meeting

“There is a lot of alignment and convergence in our work in...

July 2022

July 2022

UKNIAF’s Roads component Learning Brief

To unpack lessons learnt from our Roads work, we present the history...

June 2022

June 2022

What have we learned from the Roads component?

Despite changes, pivots, and budget cuts UKNIAF’s Roads component consistently delivered its...

June 2022

June 2022

Demonstration of the Service-Based Tariff Dashboard to GIZ’s Nigeria Energy Support programme

NERC is now able to monitor DisCos SBT SLA compliance at all...

June 2022

June 2022

Creating a Power Sector Integrated Resource Plan in Nigeria

With the recognition that an effective IRP must be participatory and engaging...

April 2022

April 2022

Building a $7bn climate-smart pipeline of infrastructure projects in Nigeria

In keeping with the programme’s inclusive and sustainable development focus, UKNIAF adopted...

March 2022

March 2022

Lunch and Learn: Lessons learnt from UKNIAF pivot to a climate-smart programme

The three lessons in this blog describe how we were able to...

February 2022

February 2022

Learning note on People-First PPPs in Nigeria

Key considerations for project selection, prioritisation and development in Nigeria

November 2021

November 2021

COP26: UKNIAF’s contributions to positioning projects for Climate Finance

To improve the capacity of government agencies to screen, prepare bankable climate-smart...

November 2021

November 2021

COP26: UKNIAF’s contributions in the Roads Sector

Supporting Nigerian Roads Sector Ministries and Agencies in incorporating climate considerations into...

October 2021

October 2021

Global Energy Efficiency Day

Supporting Power Sector Utilities to Plan and Deliver Electricity in Ways that...

October 2021

October 2021

Operationalising UKNIAF’s Poverty, Gender and Social Inclusion and Climate Change Framework

The tool will be used to engage with and build institutional capacity...

July 2021

July 2021

UKNIAF’s support to the National Mass Metering Programme

The current metering situation in Nigeria

July 2021

July 2021

Pivoting to a Climate-Smart Infrastructure programme

With the pivot, we are now fully aligned with the International Climate...

July 2021

July 2021

Climate-Smart Infrastructure design and development in Nigeria

Coordination and capacity across key MDAs must be improved in the run-up...

July 2021

July 2021

Making infrastructure finance responsive to climate and social inclusion

We created a PGESI and Climate Framework to support Federal Ministries, Departments...

May 2021

May 2021

Adaptive learning: Nexus between Risks/PEA and Adaptation

As an adaptive programme, the programme’s risk management takes a comprehensive approach...

April 2021

April 2021

International Climate Finance (ICF)

International Climate Finance is a UK government commitment to support developing countries...

February 2021

February 2021

The Power Minister meets the UKNIAF Power team

To discuss partnering to transform critical power infrastructure and projects

February 2021

February 2021

Lunch and Learn: HighLevel Engagement for Future Programme Growth

Our Lunch and Learn series is one of several learning processes set...

October 2020

October 2020

Lunch and Learn: Lessons Learn on Roads Covid Response

Our Lunch and Learn series is one of several learning processes set...

October 2020

October 2020

Climate Smart Infrastructure Public – Private Partnerships

A 3-day training workshop

April 2020

April 2020