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12 Clean Energy Innovations at Bootcamp in Nairobi

17/04/2024
Startup|Energy
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You might think that there is hardly anything less exciting than innovative products and business ideas that come from a university context: Too much theory, too little practical relevance. The 12 participants of the Clean Energy Bootcamp of Startup|Energy from April 10 to 15, 2024 in Nairobi proved the opposite.

18 African clean energy leaders selected for 2nd edition of ELEVATE programme

17/04/2024
GOGLA
Press Release

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Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy

17/04/2024
Nature
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Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo produced more than 99.7 per cent of the electricity they consumed using geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power. Due to technological trajectories set in motion by past policy, a global irreversible solar tipping point may have passed.

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Women Entrepreneurs Around The Globe Are Using Tech To Expand Their Reach, But Barriers To Financing Persist

17/04/2024
Forbes
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In many countries, women can’t own the assets they need as collateral for a loan, with just 14 countries giving women the same economic rights as men, according to the foundation. Lack of access to capital is a particular obstacle in countries facing very high inflation, such as Nigeria, where inflation is 18.8%, the report notes.

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Can the circular economy better contribute to climate action in Africa?

16/04/2024
Afrik21
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Sustainable sourcing, eco-design, industrial and territorial ecology, the functionality economy, responsible consumption, extended useful life and waste recycling. These seven points sum up the circular economy, a practice that aims to extend the life cycle of products in order to reduce the consumption of raw materials and the production of waste.

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Startup transforms plastic waste into highly efficient freezers for local businesses

16/04/2024
The cold down
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Kuza Freezer collects plastic that washes up on a Mombasa beach, breaks it down, and recycles it into cold storage units, aka freezers. The freezers, which are powered by solar panels, are then sold to small-scale fish businesses for Ksh 100,000. Since its founding three years ago, Kuza Freezer has already delivered more than 350 of its units.

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Govt should incentivize low-interest loans for solar companies and green innovators – Grace Oluchi Mbah

16/04/2024
Technext
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As Africa continues to battle the effects of global warming while taking climate action to check the release of greenhouse emissions, the Co-founder and Executive Director of Climate Action Africa (CAAF), Grace Oluchi Mbah has called on the Federal Government to provide more low-interest loans for solar companies.

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Is There A Dark Side To Solar-Powered Irrigation Pumps?

12/04/2024
Forbes
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While solar irrigation has potential for reducing poverty and improving livelihoods and incomes in low and middle income countries (global south), greenhouse gas emissions reductions are not likely to meet expectations, and the groundwater use will increase.

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Joint venture to invest in waste-to-energy in Africa

12/04/2024
Afrik21
News

Astra Energy and Powertron Global have announced the launch of a joint venture for waste-to-energy investments in Africa. Astra already has a portfolio of projects, notably in the autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar in Tanzania and in Lesotho.

Solar Power in Uganda: Cutting Milk Loss, Lowering Energy Costs and Increasing Farmers’ Income

12/04/2024
Heifer International / Sun-Connect News
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The dairy sector currently represents 6.5 percent of the country’s agricultural gross domestic product and dairy production is reported by the Dairy Development Authority of Uganda (DDA) to be a major activity in the cattle corridor, a stretch of rangeland covering more than a third of the country.