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- 27/05/2022
- Bernard Coetzee
My research explores one such potential strategy: the use of artificial lights to trick malaria-transmitting mosquito species that feed nocturnally into behaving as if it’s daytime. This may deter feeding, helping to keep people safe from malaria-carrying mosquito bites.
- 23/05/2022
- Dr. Suleiman Walhad
- Article
In this article we address the consequences of the adverse climatic changes and the energy potential of the region that could help lessen the impact of these adverse weather changes.
- 21/05/2022
- WHO
- Article
The solar-powered oxygen system has come to symbolize life for Somalian children in a country where pneumonia accounts for at least one-fifth (15 160) of deaths among children under five years.
- 19/05/2022
- Dennis Migono
- Article
Approximately 180 million off-grid solar products have been sold since 2010, and the sector is predicted to serve over 830 million people worldwide by 2030. This growth of the off-grid solar market requires a robust e-waste management system, especially in developing countries where demand and uptake of solar products is on the rise.
- 17/05/2022
- Emma Colenbrander, Gerwin Jansen and Charlotte Taylor
- Article
Last mile distributors (LMDs) are key to serving traditionally overlooked communities across emerging markets. Whether they’re distributing improved cookstoves, off-grid solar products or water filters, these companies bring life-changing products directly to the world’s hardest-to-reach consumers.
- 13/05/2022
- Hugh Biggar
- Article
Africa has low rates of renewable energy use, but communities are working to change that
- 11/05/2022
- Harald Schützeichel
- Article
Africa’s PAYGO sector is dominated by non-African companies, some of which compete heavily with each other through their investors. They have adjusted to the multiple risks and side effects of the PAYGO model, including a shift in the main customer group from remote to peri-urban customers.
- 09/05/2022
- Christopher Mambwe, Kai-Wilfrid Schröder, Les Kügel, Prem Jain
- Article
Mini-grid markets cannot realize their full potential as most energy regulators do not provide an appropriate answer to the simple question “What happens when the main grid arrives?”
- 04/05/2022
- Harald Schützeichel
- Article
The sale of off-grid solar systems using end-customer credits has become a widespread standard today under the overall term pay-as-you-go (PAYGO). Even though the off-grid solar market in sub-Saharan Africa has received a considerable boost as a result and the instrument has often proven to be effective, it is also associated with risks.
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