The company’s chief executive officer Bernard Ngugi said KPLC was best placed to offer off-grid services as it understood electricity ‘better’ than any other firm. The CEO said the power distributor was the energy solution … read more
Kenya is a pace-setter in off-grid solar solutions. In 2019, it was estimated that there were some five million pico solar products and 700,000 solar home systems in use by Kenyan households. This did not … read more
Kenya missed to connect nearly 1.28 million homes and businesses to electricity in the three years through June 2020, largely blamed on budget cuts, shortage of poles and sluggish tax exemption approval. The Energy Ministry … read more
Over the next fi ve years, the Government will prioritise the development of mini electric power grids, off grids and extension of the national grid to areas where it is nonexistent. This, according to the … read more
Even as the continent urbanizes rapidly, Africa’s economies are still agrarian. Agriculture plays an important role in driving the sustainable development goals by achieving food security, reducing poverty and improving nutrition. By 2030 the African agribusiness … read more
A solar irrigation project has been launched in Ngoma district to help farmers in Zaza and Mutenderi Sectors, Taarifa can reliably report. According to details, the project has been launched by Rwanda Rural Rehabilitation Initiative … read more
LPG is a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, which is used as fuel in cooking. Speaking during a press briefing, Mr Robert Kasande, Ministry of Energy permanent secretary, it was still puzzling why Ugandans continue to … read more
Nairobi-based start-up PayGo Energy has developed a proprietary smart meter for LPG cylinders — an internet-of-things (IoT) device that allows consumers to pay for their LPG by the gram using their mobile phone, while distributors … read more
In recent years, the escalating climate crisis is leaving no room for doubt. Leading entrepreneurs and investors are realising they must enter the field and insert some much-needed innovation, both from an ecological perspective and … read more
Improved efforts to deploying rural electrification across rural Tanzania has placed the East African country in the top slot in the continent, according to Tanzania’s Minister for Energy, Dr Medard Kalemani. “Initially, Nigeria was the … read more
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