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- 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.
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- 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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- 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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- 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.
- Darlain Edeme, Martin Kueppers, Stephen J. Lee, Daniel Wetzel
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Around 600 million people in Africa still lack access to electricity. Despite recent progress, electrification efforts face new headwinds since the Covid-19 pandemic, with a growing debt crisis, poor utility financial health, and increased affordability challenges.
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- Science
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According to a statement by the scientists, the study aimed to evaluate the threat of mining to the ape population in Africa which makes up over one-third of the entire population with 180,000 gorillas, bonobos, and chimpanzees. These animals are now at risk of endangerment.
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- Nation
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Included in the Ugandan Finance ministry’s tax proposals this week was tax exemption on locally manufactured electric vehicles (EVs) and charging equipment. Ethiopia is phasing out petroleum-fuelled motorcycles for electric ones. Neighbouring Kenya launched a draft national electric mobility policy to create a pathway to sustainable e-mobility.
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- Worls Resurces Institute
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More than 1 billion people living in cities globally do not have reliable, safe or affordable access to basic everyday necessities like decent housing, running water and sanitation, electricity, health care, or transportation to get to work or school. This “urban services divide” is not only a development challenge but a roadblock to climate action
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- IEA
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This platform compiles geo-referenced datasets detailing the distribution of populations, renewable energy resources, energy system infrastructure, and key demand centres as well as non-geospatial datasets of population growth rates, regulatory indicators, utility performance, and power market characteristics across the continent.
- Katrina Lehmann-Grube, Imraan Valodia, Julia Taylor and Sonia Phalatse
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We take a closer look at the Just Energy Transition grants register and some of the key trends, to determine who the money has gone to, when it was disbursed and what it was spent on.
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