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22/09/2023
Kay Harrison

The burgeoning solar sector has a responsibility to consider the afterlives of its products, says an expert from UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture.

Electricity is key to addressing food security

20/09/2023
Francois Baird
Article

There is an exam question that parliamentarians all over the world must answer: What are you doing to ensure that local energy resources in the developing world enable the population to access energy for creating jobs and food security so that instability is avoided?

All-women factory makes solar panels

13/09/2023
Fouzia Van Der Fort
Article

Grandmothers, mothers and daughters are proud to be assembling solar panels and being pioneers in threading cells together, which convert energy from the sun into electricity.

The Energy Loom: Crafting Africa’s Green Transition with Precision

11/09/2023
Louis Strydom, Wärtsilä
Article

The call for a green revolution is no longer a distant echo; it’s the resounding demand of the present. Much like an artisan weaver poised before a complex loom, the world faces the task of crafting a grand tapestry of sustainability.

Best practices to overcome financing barriers for access

08/09/2023
IEA
Article

A range of real and perceived risks affecting projects in Africa, as well as higher borrowing costs following the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, mean there is a limited pool of affordable capital that energy developers in Africa can tap.

Unlocking Africa’s population potential

01/09/2023
OMFIF
Article

Africa could turn its growing population into an economic powerhouse, but it requires huge infrastructure investment, writes Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank Group.

Will the Africa Climate Summit revitalize the continent’s green transition?

30/08/2023
AMDA
Article

More than 20 African heads of state and government and 20,000 delegates from around the world, including UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Role of Productive Use of Renewable Energy Appliances in Regenerative Agriculture Settings: Insights from the Joint Learning Mission in Kenya

29/08/2023
Michael Maina, Jakub Vrba
Article

Regenerative agriculture (RA) has emerged as a promising approach to transform food systems and address sustainability challenges.

Last-mile energy access and youth entrepreneurship in Kenya

28/08/2023
Gathu Kirubi
Article

Like most other African countries, Kenya faces a twin challenge: high youth unemployment in the context of limited access to clean energy, particularly in the rural and remote regions, where majority of her off-grid population live.