GOGLA, the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry, and the IKEA Foundation are delighted to announce a strategic partnership to scale the productive use of renewable energy (PURE) across Asia and Africa. The partnership...

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THE average cost of installing solar systems in the country has risen by 120 per cent to N550,000 in 2023, from N250,000 in 2022, due mainly to inflation and the depreciating value of the...

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In Burundi, the Electrification Financing Initiative (EDFI ElectriFI) is providing a million dollars in funding to the American company Amped Innovation. The aim is to electrify 3,000 households in rural areas using solar home...

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THE average cost of installing solar systems in the country has risen by 120 per cent to N550,000 in 2023, from N250,000 in 2022, due mainly to inflation and the depreciating value of the...

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A US Trade and Development Agency-funded feasibility study for Nigeria’s Hotspot Network Limited has led to the issuance of financing for the deployment of 120 solar-powered rural telecommunications base stations across 22 states in...

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There is also uranium, a strategic mineral for the nuclear industry. It has been mined for 50 years by Orano (formerly Areva), but also by the Chinese National Nuclear Company (CNNC), which has been...

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A new research has established that the usage of electric solar lamps during fishing on water bodies is safe and environmentally friendly.Fishing lights are majorly applied in fishing small pelagic fish species commonly known as mukene, muziri,...

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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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