Across the first three phases, ANER reported cumulative energy savings of 20.4 billion FCFA per year, 68,382 tons of CO2 avoided annually and 27,270 direct and indirect jobs created. The program has proven bankable at each stage, with the French Treasury backing the first two phases through Bpifrance-covered facilities structured by Société Générale. French manufacturers Fonroche Lighting and Groupe Ragni-Novea were the principal contractors for deployment. For Phase III, Deutsche Bank led a €227 million financing alongside Standard Chartered Bank, covered by the Spanish export credit agency Cesce, with Spanish manufacturer Salvi Lighting supplying 100,000 of that phase’s 150,000 units.

Phase IV carries a price tag of 142.9 billion FCFA (approximately $230 million) and would add around 27 megawatt-peak (MWp) of solar capacity over a four-year rollout. While financing has not yet been secured, ANER has indicated a preference for concessional credit. Each previous phase has paired an international lending institution with a manufacturer-installer under export credit agency cover, and ANER is looking to replicate that structure for Phase IV. The deployment would target communities where public lighting gaps remain, building on the territorial coverage established in earlier phases.

The development case for solar street lighting is multifaceted, extending beyond energy and emissions. Deutsche Bank noted in its Phase III announcement that the project would span 4,000 km of roads. ANER’s data from the earlier phases links the installations to lower road accident risk, improved nighttime security and increased evening economic activity in rural and semi-urban areas that previously had no public lighting.

The project sits at the intersection of the oil, gas and power themes that define the MSGBC conference. Senegal’s upstream developments are generating revenue and policy momentum behind the country’s energy transition, while programs like ANER’s streetlighting rollout represent the demand-side infrastructure that translates energy investment into visible public outcomes. Phase IV follows a financing structure that international lenders and export credit agencies have backed in each of the three previous phases.

ANER’s Phase IV solar streetlighting program will be featured at MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2026, taking place December 1-3 at the CICAD in Dakar, Senegal, under the High Patronage of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. To sponsor or participate as a delegate, visit www.msgbcoilgasandpower.com.