News about education and schools
- Mohammed Dahiru Aminu
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Nigeria’s energy crisis has long been a glaring impediment to the development of its essential institutions, particularly schools and hospitals. In recent months, the news has been dominated by reports of public universities like Ahmadu Bello University and others being unable to pay their electricity bills, leading to power disconnections.
- Asad Mahmood and Nanno Kleiterp
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The original goal of impact investing was to build out the spectrum between philanthropy and commercial investment. But then the arrival of commercial private equity firms pulled all the energy from the sector toward the commercial end of the spectrum, like metal filings to a magnet.
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- The New Times
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The government of Rwanda is considering scaling up eco-friendly technology to generate biogas from wastewater treatment and be used as cooking fuel across different schools in the country.Anaerobic baffled reactor is a type of sanitation technology that is designed to treat wastewater and fecal sludge, thereby producing energy.
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- The Guardian
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The Yobe Government says it will suspend the use fossil fuels for solar energy to provide power for public secondary schools in the state in 2025. The SSG also said that the state government paid fees for candidates for the 2025 West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE) and NECO, ensuring no financial burden on parents.
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- Nile Post
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St Agnes Primary School in Entebbe has made a significant leap towards sustainability with the successful installation of solar power photovoltaic (PV) systems. The installation includes three distinct PV systems: a 20KW (13kWp) array and two 10KW (7.7kWp) systems, which are now fully operational.
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- New Vision
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Government will provide standalone solar systems on long-term performance-based contracts, of up to 10 years, in a partnership between the Education ministry and the Energy Service Companies (ESCOs).
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- Capital News
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Communities in semi-arid Northern Kenya are increasingly adopting off-grid solar solutions as their primary power source. 75 per cent of the world’s population without electricity live in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the failure of the fossil fuel system to power the continent.
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- ESI Africa
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Seven solar mini-grids have been installed in rural western Kenya and are expected to provide electricity to homes and businesses. The project falls under the Kenya Electricity Modernisation Project and implemented by the country’s Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC).
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- Nairametrics
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The partnership initiative brings full-service solar power systems closer to schools and a learning platform on a long-term lease-to-own financing model spanning five to ten years. It aims to empower educational institutions with the sustainable, cost-effective, noiseless, and uninterrupted power solutions.
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- Solarquarter
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The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MoEWR) has initiated the implementation of standalone solar PV systems in educational facilities across Banadir. This initiative, part of the Somalia Electricity Sector Recovery Project (SESRP) financed by the International Development Association (IDA), aims to increase access to cleaner power.