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Application open: Energy Camp 2025 for African Energy Startups

04/12/2024
Startup|Energy
Article

Startup|Energy invites innovative entrepreneur who are looking to transform the energy supply and livelihoods in SubSaharan Africa and are based in West or Central Africa to the Energy Camp 2025.

Climate change-focused project improves healthcare access for 270,000 Tanzanians

29/11/2024
Noor Shija
Article

The one-year project, running from November 1, 2023, to October 31, 2024, is funded by the Embassy of Ireland in Tanzania with a budget of €600,000, approximately Sh1.5 billion.

Practicalities, Not Technicalities: How Habit Facilitation and Product Simplification Feed Sustainability

27/11/2024
Village Capital
Article

Meet Uwana Energy, a Nigeria-based company on a mission to address the country’s energy challenges and accelerate the transition to clean, renewable energy.

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana’s cocoa irrigation

25/11/2024
Bizcommunity
Article

In the Global South, where agriculture forms the backbone of rural livelihoods, farmers face ongoing challenges, including limited access to modern agricultural technologies and climate change impacts.

Harvesting the sun twice: Energy, food and water benefits from agrivoltaics in East Africa

20/11/2024
R.J. Randle-Boggis, G.A. Barron-Gafford, A.A. Kimaro, C. Lamanna, C. Macharia, J. Maro, A. Mbele, S.E. Hartley
Article

Food, energy and water insecurity are concomitant challenges facing many communities in East Africa. Agrivoltaic systems – agriculture integrated with photovoltaic panels – address all three challenges, providing low carbon electricity, food production and water conservation on the same land area.

The real “gift from God”: Why the Africa Energy Bank is a bad idea

18/11/2024
Samuel Onuigbo
Article

A coalition of African oil-producers is set to launch a $5bn oil bank. This is not just environmentally but economically misguided.

Green technology and youth employment in Africa: A transformative opportunity

15/11/2024
Ifeoma Malo and Gift Nwamadu
Article

How can green technologies transform youth employment in Africa? This paper examines the transformative potential of green technologies in addressing youth unemployment.

Understanding the importance of circular economy: A field study in Kakuma, Kenya

13/11/2024
Kinya Kimathi
Article

The rise of renewable energy solutions, such as off-grid solar (OGS) systems, has been a game changer for many developing regions, providing clean, accessible energy to areas without reliable electricity grids. However, as these systems become more widespread, new challenges emerge, especially in the area of electronic waste (e-waste) management.

Study debunks stereotypes and points the way to solutions

11/11/2024
Africa No Filter (ANF)
Article

A study is tackling stereotypes about Africa. These stereotypes even have a concrete impact, for example when African countries have to take out loans. But there are also approaches to breaking with clichés.

Daily lives in Africa transformed by crowdfunded innovations

08/11/2024
Energy4Impact
Article

Just after sunrise in Nairobi, Amos, a motorcycle taxi driver, grabs his fully charged dual battery and heads out to start his day. With a quick click, he connects it to his electric motorcycle, confident it’ll power him for hours as he navigates the congested city streets, delivering goods – and sometimes people.