The US and EU will work together at regional and national level to address that situation, from areas like knowledge sharing, developing flagship projects, empowering women in the power sector, and opening policy dialogue...

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The global sales volume of 3.46m units during the second half of 2021 exhibits a 4% on a growth trajectory overall, the global headline figures mask contrasting underlying trends. PAYGo sales grew 1% compared to...

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The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) today launched a partnership to promote financial innovation and investment to deliver greater levels of finance to clean cooking solutions. Both organizations...

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The solar lighting products market appears to be recovering from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, with some segments of the off-grid solar market back on an overall upward trajectory. Data from the second half...

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Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has revealed that President Paul Kagame helped Zimbabwe secure US$800 million funding for its rural electrification programme.The programme feeds into the government’s rural development agenda, which encompasses the creation of...

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Thanks to incrementally better technology, panel design, and manufacturing of scale, solar panels have become incredibly cheap. In the past decade alone, their price per unit of generated energy has fallen by 85%, so...

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TAn energy services company and a telecommunications service provider are teaming up in Nigeria to transition mobile cell towers from diesel to solar and bundle electricity and connectivity solutions for off-grid communities. Husk Power Systems...

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Discussing alternative financing mechanisms has become a mainstream topic as Africa struggles to scale up money used to build renewable energy projects.Small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly women-led, with a focus on sustainable energy solutions...

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The Global Environment Facility, African Development Bank’s SEFA will provide $20 million to expand the COVID-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform (CRP). The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, a multi-donor fund managed by the AfB, will provide...

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An international group of researchers has demonstrated an aqueous zinc battery with excellent performance in terms of capacity, rate capability, specific energy, and output voltage. The supercapacitor-battery hybrid device has also shown unprecedented cycling...

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