The contract is for consultancy services to develop and maintain a Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) Knowledge Hub for the World Bank's Electrifying Africa Project (P180743). The main objectives are to support the World Bank team in establishing and maintaining a long-term knowledge hub for the DRE sector; which will serve as a reference point for teams working on Mission 300. This includes developing and maintaining four databases: DRE companies active in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA); financiers of DRE companies in SSA; investment deals in SSA; and World Bank energy access operations in SSA. The contract also involves conducting associated analytics; disseminating knowledge for internal and external audiences; and providing strategic support to ASCENT and inputs to designing new and improving existing World Bank operations.