Productive Use of Energy Across Energy Systems: A Review of Policy and Digital Enablement in India, Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria

This report examines how digital solutions are shaping the adoption and scaling of productive use of energy (PUE) across India, Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria. It combines analysis of digital tools, country-level energy systems, and enabling conditions to understand how electricity access can translate into sustained and incomegenerating use.

The report identifies five key digital levers that are enabling this transition. These include digital planning tools that improve site selection and demand visibility, system optimisation tools that support reliability and load management, metering and data systems that enable more accurate billing and customer segmentation, remote monitoring tools that improve asset performance, and digital customer systems that support payments, financing, and service delivery. Together, these tools are helping providers move beyond electricity provision towards more responsive and demand-oriented energy systems.