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Livelihood / Living
- 15/08/2022
- Ben Radley
- Article
Underpinning this process is the belief that expanded access to off-grid solar can drive economic development by strengthening household income. According to the African Energy Commission, the process will “lift hundreds of millions of people” out of poverty.
- 09/08/2022
- GPA / UNITAR
- Article
A new report explores the major challenges, progress and issues associated with humanitarian energy.
- News
- 04/08/2022
- Africa News
- News
For years, selling eggs was a joyless business for Danai Bvochora, as most of the money she made went to cover minibus fares to the market in a rural area of Zimbabwe. That was until an earth-brown solar-powered electric tricycle changed things for the better.
- 29/07/2022
- Dennis Migono
- Article
The smell of meat on the grill, stares from curious onlookers and persuasive sales pitches rented the air as we strolled through Burma Market in the heart of Nairobi, Kenya.
- News
- 29/07/2022
- Treehugger
- News
Agrivoltaics is the use of solar panels in agriculture to produce both food and electricity. Many experts believe agrivoltaics can minimize barriers to food security and the transition to clean energy. While the practice is still in its infancy, it is expected to grow as solar continues to boom throughout the next few decades.
- 27/07/2022
- Stephen Hall
- Article
Agrivoltaic farming increases land-use efficiency, as it lets solar farms and agriculture share ground, rather than making them compete against one another.
- 26/07/2022
- Ayomide Samuel Famewo, Vincent Abimbola Uwala
- Article
Energy poverty is a growing global challenge with significant adverse effects on well-being and health. However, its social impacts on vulnerable population in deprived communities have been largely ignored.
- News
- 12/07/2022
- Energy4Impact
- News
At the Energy Access Investment Forum in Dar es Salaam at the end of June 2022, Energy 4 Impact unveiled plans for ‘LEAF’ – the Livelihoods & Energy Access Facility – a new digital e-commerce platform designed to make productive use of (PUE) energy products and services more accessible to SMEs in agriculture value chains in rural Africa.
- 12/07/2022
- Oge Udegbunam
- Article
Joy Itamah, who grows crops and rears goats in Oyo State, has a difficult experience with Nigeria’s perpetually poor power supply and many other challenges.
- News
- 03/07/2022
- Monitor
- News
Dairy farming is rewarding, but very hard work. Attending to the seasonal needs of the livestock, managing equipment, and running the shades all take a lot of time and energy. Keeping utility costs down calls for the adoption of solar power.
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