This will optimise sales of the electric two-wheelers assembled by Spiro’s engineers and, above all, reduce air pollution in these East and West African countries, where combustion vehicles are still king. “With 9,000 electric...

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d.light, which provides sustainable products and financing for low-income households internationally, has secured $30 million from the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB), with the ability to purchase up to...

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Rural and peri-urban populations in Nigeria continue to suffer unreliable and expensive energy supply. According to the World Bank, the electricity access rate in Nigeria stood at 55.4 per cent in 2020 with a...

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The development of solar energy in Africa is also being driven by decentralised systems, generally financed and installed by private companies. These solutions consist of solar home systems. This small-scale electricity network, on the...

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Jamila Mayanja, the founder of Smart Girls Uganda is the winner of the 2023 Leadership Impact Award. She is being recognised for equipping young women with hands-on vocational and practical skills through the ‘Girls with...

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Solar energy is one of the preferred solutions for electrification in Africa. This relatively easy-to-use energy is also an ally in the energy transition in certain economically advanced countries, notably South Africa and Egypt....

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A solar “vending machine”Smart Tap is a simple-to-use kiosk, like a vending machine for water—with one tap of an electronic token, water flows freely. The mechanism uses energy from solar panels to disperse water, which...

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The Kenyan subsidiary of the British bank Standard Chartered, the Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and Absa Kenya, the subsidiary of the South African bank Absa, also participated in this transaction denominated in the...

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Germany and Zambia are strengthening their relations through new financing agreements totalling 750 million Zambian kwachas, or 35.8 million euros. The grants awarded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)...

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