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- Benjamin K. Sovacool, Saul Mullard, Juan Camilo Ceballos
This paper aims to provide an overview of private-sector stakeholders in the renewable-energy realm and examines possibilities for corruption at the interface between private climate interventions and international development in Kenya. We ask: Who are the new private actors in selected renewable electricity markets in each of these countries?
- Startup|Energy
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From 17 to 19 March, seven energy startups from Nigeria met for the 5th Energy Camp in Lagos. They were selected from a total of almost 50 applications.
Startup|Energy supports young African energy startups, increases their visibility and promotes job creation and innovation in an energy market largely dominated by non-African companies.
- Mohamed Rashid
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Somalia has been heavily reliant on international aid, particularly from USAID and other donor institutions. While this assistance has been crucial for humanitarian relief, infrastructure development, and institutional rebuilding, it has fostered a dangerous dependency that stifles Somalia’s potential for economic and political self-determination.
- David Njugi, Benson Ireri and Birouke Teferra
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To farmers in the dry, windswept Chamwino district in central Tanzania, mangoes looked like a golden opportunity.
With the country’s mango industry expanding, 200 smallholder farmers in Chamwino launched a new farming cooperative, AMCOS, in 2013 to establish a foothold.
- Jibril Mohamed Ahmed
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Across Africa, there’s a familiar refrain in industries like textiles, electronics, and agriculture: countries become the world’s factory, pumping out raw materials or semi-finished goods while importing the shiny, finished products. It’s a little like cooking a five-course meal, only to have someone else eat it while you’re left with the crumbs.
- Ellen Fungisai Chipango
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Ellen Fungisai Chipango is a scholar of the communal ethic of African ubuntu – the belief that we are at our best as individuals and society if we work for the good of others, alongside others. She researches ways in which ubuntu can be applied in real life situations involving energy.
- Energy Catalyst
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Sustainable cooling solutions not only improve quality of life for these communities, but also play a vital role in supporting small businesses and uplifting standards of living. Access to cooling is critical in reducing food waste and strengthens health services by enabling the safe storage of vaccines, medication, and blood.
- Kinya Kimathi
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The 2024 Off-Grid Solar (OGS) Market Trends Report notes that only 27% of products sold globally are quality-verified, leaving the majority of the off-grid products that make it to the market (73%) without adequate quality assurance data. This creates uncertainty about the reliability and safety of a large portion of OGS products.
- Kinya Kimathi
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Over the past decade, the sale of off-grid solar appliances has experienced an unprecedented boom. According to the off-grid solar market trends report series published every two years by the World Bank, the number of people accessing solar energy kits has grown from 420 million in 2019 to over 490 million by the end of 2021.
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