Professor Michael Cain Continues Work with USAID’s Power Africa Program in Uganda

Michael Cain, professor of political science, has been working USAID’s Power Africa program in Uganda. Power Africa is a U.S. government-led partnership coordinated by USAID. Cain is a senior adviser to the Uganda project, working on activities to improve on-grid and off-grid electrification efforts including building capacity of solar associations; providing technical direction for on-grid tasks with distribution companies; assisting the Power Africa grant evaluations to small energy companies. This spring, he teaches a related class on energy and international development.