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- Humphrey Kariuki
For communities still without electricity, the promise of achieving net zero emissions by the year 2050 offers little comfort when their children cannot study in the evening. Africa must begin to define its own energy future. This is not a rejection of global collaboration, but rather a call for genuine partnership.
- Kumbirai Makanza
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In the early days of the global energy access movement, success was often measured by the number of lightbulbs turned on or households connected to mini-grids. There was a widespread expectation that expanding access to electricity would naturally catalyse economic development.
- Yuma Sasaki
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The average age of a vehicle in Ethiopia is 20 years. In Kenya, the average age easily surpasses a decade, while in Rwanda, the average taxi is 24 years old. Similar numbers can be seen across East Africa, and indeed the entire continent.
- Jörg Ankel-Peters, Gunther Bensch, Alexandra Köngeter, Mascha Rauschenbach, Maximiliane Sievert
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This perspective article discusses whether energy access programs in rural Sub-Saharan Africa reach the poor in a way that most policy actors claim. We examine on- and off-grid electrification as well as improved cooking.
- Isaiah Esipisu
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Solar irrigation has become a reliable, relatively low-cost, clean-energy solution for agricultural water management in areas with high incident solar radiation.
- Amare Haileslasie, Principal Researcher
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What happens when farmers, financiers, innovators, and policymakers are brought together in one room? A recent multi-stakeholder dialogue held in Hawassa, Ethiopia on scaling solar-powered irrigation offered an answer.
- Temilade Sesan, University of Ibadan and Lucy H. Baker, The Open University
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In Nigeria and Kenya, many small to medium farms and rural grain-milling businesses are not connected to the national electricity grid. They still use petrol or diesel generators for power.
- Moses Machel Nyakoyo
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Achieving SDG 7, which aims to ensure universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy, requires more than just deploying infrastructure. It also depends on empowering consumers of renewable energy solutions—particularly those involved in Productive Uses of Energy (PUE)—to maintain and repair their systems effectively.
- David Crush, Alexander Sotiriou, Lucia Spaggiari
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In 2024, CGAP and MFR research explored trends and challenges in trying to close the gender gap for small borrowers, specifically examining how different institutional structures link to different outcomes.
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