Motorcycle taxis, known locally as boda bodas, are widely used in Kampala and other cities in East Africa. Zembo is creating a new market for e-mobility in Kampala by selling electric motorcycles on a lease-to-own … read more
Health crises are not new in Africa. The continent has grappled with infectious diseases on all levels, from local (such as malaria) to regional (Ebola) to global (COVID-19). The region has often carried a disproportionately high burden of … read more
Rwanda needs to invest $285 million up to 2030 in the use of solar water pumping systems for irrigation within agricultural production to replace diesel pumps, replace fossil fuel use. This will reduce gas emissions … read more
New Funding to Expand the Company’s Pay-As-You-Go Solar Financing Business, Backed by Leading Investors CDC Group, FMO, Norfund, and ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Nairobi, Kenya, September 22, 2020: Greenlight Planet Inc., the largest provider of … read more
Companies that efficiently manage their power consumption will earn credits under new regulations aimed at saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Energy (Energy Management) Regulations 2020 require industries, business premises and institutions to submit … read more
Africa currently accounts for less than 4% of global carbon emissions. But across the continent, standands of living are rising and the entire population is set to double by 2050. Either way, energy consumption in Africa is set … read more
EnAccess is looking for innovations or solutions that enhance the socio-economic impact of energy access in Tanzania. Funding is available for open source projects up to USD 150,000 that have the potential to demonstrate a novel livelihood-based … read more
It is no longer a surprise to hear major oil companies announce significant investments in renewable energy projects, guided mainly by need to align their future business models with the ongoing global transition from fossil … read more
New Kenya Cooperative Creameries has recently concluded the initial phase of a tender to purchase electricity from a solar facility that will be constructed at its new KCC Sotik Factory. The selected developer will finance, … read more
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is being developed as part of a push to open oil fields around Uganda’s Lake Albert, on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to international markets by linking them … read more
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