The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) has won the Energy Globe Award for its rural electrification project in Chitral, Pakistan. The award recognises innovative and sustainable projects that respond to environmental challenges and support communities. This year, AKRSP’s project…
General Director of AKDN’s for-profit for development energy company, Daler Jumaev, recently spoke at the World Hydropower Congress in Paris. Read his speech to discover the impact that bringing clean and affordable energy to Tajikistan and neighbouring Afghanistan has had.…
Our cross-border work fosters socio-economic development through the building of energy infrastructure, bridges & establishing markets CHALLENGE: Separated by a river, connected by history Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province has some of the lowest human development indicators in the world. Infrastructure is…
By Matt Reed, CEO, Aga Khan Foundation UK Five years ago, I travelled to a village called Deh in southern Tajikistan with a delegation from the Norwegian government and colleagues from the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Like most villages in…
We are delighted to announce that a new AKF-supported energy line was inaugurated this week in Barsem, eastern Tajikistan. The new 13.8km, 110kV power line complete with metallic towers will improve the supply of sustainable electricity to 174,000 people in…
We are delighted to announce that a new AKF-supported cross-border energy line was inaugurated this week in Rushan in Eastern Tajikistan! The line was installed by Pamir Energy, an Aga Khan Development Network project company, with support from the Governments…