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- Human–elephant conflict is a common problem in places where human activities and elephant habitats overlap, posing a serious threat to livelihoods and elephant conservation. In Gabon, the growing intensity of these conflicts in recent years has made it a key political issue....
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- Cooking on firewood and coal increases air pollution and ill health. Some of the dangers include stunted growth in children and undernutrition in children and adults. Babies who’ve been exposed to charcoal and firewood smoke while in the womb can have reduced birth weight....
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- Despite being a relatively small and densely populated country, Rwanda aims to shift from an agricultural-based economy to one driven by industry and services. A key part of this transformation hinges on expanding access to electricity and harnessing it for productive uses that stimulate economic growth, create jobs, and enhance the livelihoods....
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- Transformative technologies may start by making us more efficient, but it’s when they are embedded in new business models that they fundamentally change the way that we live and work. For instance, trains began as “faster horses” aiming to displace wagons, and ended up enabling modern industry. ...
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- The ILO STRENGTHEN2 project is conducting employment impact assessments of investments in sub-Saharan Africa to promote the creation of more and better jobs. This report presents an employment impact assessment (EmpIA) of the second phase of the Green Mini-Grid Facility Programme in Kenya....
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- Agrivoltaic systems (AVS) (elevated solar arrays enabling energy and rainwater harvesting alongside crop production), have been gaining increasing traction globally....
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- Growing up in rural Kenya, I understood the daily struggle of living without electricity. It seemed like a luxury reserved for urban dwellers, something beyond our reach. Instead, my family relied on firewood to cook our meals and kerosene lamps to illuminate our evenings after the sun set....
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- PUE appliance manufacturers and distributors are facing a number of challenges, and in attempting to address them, they face some persistent myths that are resulting in suboptimal choices. In the article we explore how to handle the high level of working capital and financial skills required to offer financing options to end-users....