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- The Guardian
The call by stakeholders in the health sector for government to provide solar electric grids to power public hospitals cannot come too early. Health care institutions have not been spared of power-related problems afflicting virtually all other sectors; and the result has been catastrophic, given their life or death circumstances.
- NJ Ayuk
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Think about a time when your electricity went out. As you sat in the dark, maybe you wondered how long it would be before you could power up your computer again. Or perhaps you considered what you could make for dinner that didn’t require cooking.
- Tam Alex
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Imagine a world where electricity isn’t simply a product, but a transformative force — a gateway to education, healthcare, commerce, industry and comfort. In this world, energy access companies don’t just provide solar home systems or mini-grids;
- Hans India Digital
- Article
Women are often considered the backbone of families but their access to economic independence, education and health and hindered by many factors, particularly in rural areas. One such factor hindering their freedom to grow is the energy sector.
- CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa
- Article
There is a rapidly growing trend towards adopting solar-powered irrigation systems as a critical adaptive strategy by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The El Niño phenomenon has intensified food and water insecurity across southern Africa, including Zambia, resulting in an increase in the adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps.
- Kenneth Kazibwe
- Article
Targeted skilling is being recommended to vocational training institutes as part of the on-going endeavour to increase access to renewable energy for Uganda’s large population.
- Mohammed Dahiru Aminu
- Article
Nigeria’s energy crisis has long been a glaring impediment to the development of its essential institutions, particularly schools and hospitals. In recent months, the news has been dominated by reports of public universities like Ahmadu Bello University and others being unable to pay their electricity bills, leading to power disconnections.
- Just Transition Africa
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Mainstream thinking about ‘development’ commonly presumes all societies of the world are moving along the same track, with some countries in the lead and many others — particularly African countries — lagging behind with the hope and ambition of eventually ‘catching up’.
- Asad Mahmood and Nanno Kleiterp
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The original goal of impact investing was to build out the spectrum between philanthropy and commercial investment. But then the arrival of commercial private equity firms pulled all the energy from the sector toward the commercial end of the spectrum, like metal filings to a magnet.
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