The aim of this hydropower project was to establish a new Private-Public-Community Partnership (PPCP) business model for the development of the 300kW power run-of-river mini-hydropower plant on the Rubagabaga River in Ngororero and Nyabihu District, Rwanda. The development of the Rubagabaga hydropower project designed and installed a new hydro-electric system which would not only provide clean electricity to the national grid helping to offset its reliance on fossil fuels, but also established a new local management model, a Public-Private-Community-Partnership (PPCP) approach, with the potential to radically transform the provision of electricity to households, schools, clinics and micro-businesses throughout Rwanda and the region.