Supporting skills and work for women is essential if we are to connect every home and village around the world with clean, affordable energy. That challenge is at the heart of the UN High-Level Dialogue … read more
Ever had a difficult question or challenge at work but wasn’t sure who to ask for advice? Perhaps you don’t know if what you are experiencing at work is “normal”? Feeling alone? We want to … read more
A third of the European Investment Bank (EIB) portfolio in 2020 went through financial intermediaries, a channel that has already enabled multiple projects with devastating consequences for nature and communities with virtually zero accountability. The … read more
Every few years, it is devastating to watch the same tragedy: a weather cycle that brings debilitating drought and hunger to East Africa, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, … read more
Umeme, the country’s electricity distributor, has said it is stuck with 250,000 applications for free electricity connection due to scarcity of funding. Mr Selestino Babungi, the Umeme managing director, said they were unable to connect … read more
Decarbonizing the energy sector in the Horn of Africa through policy and regulatory reforms as well as technology transfer are key to strengthening the resilience of local communities amid climatic stresses, experts said. Speaking at … read more
The Kenyan startups Drop Access and Inno-Neat have won the Startup|Energy Award at the end of the Energy Camp East Africa on 29. September 2021. A total of five start-ups from the decentralised energy sector … read more
The Kenya Off-grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP) has embarked on extensive training of county government staff on various technical aspects of implementing solar power projects and related operational activities. The training sessions that commenced last … read more
The unbundling and liberalisation of the energy sector in the mid-1990s was the golden key that unlocked the vast private investment opportunities in Kenya. This was closely followed by the establishment of decentralised State-owned energy … read more
The Ugandan government has launched the last-mile connectivity component under the Uganda Rural Electricity Access Project in Iganga in the eastern Luuka District. The project has been done with the support of the African Development Bank … read more
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