Women in energy and their role in economic and environmental developmentWomen are a basic power for reasonably overseeing natural resources and increasing clean energy access, which helps battle environmental crisis and improves livelihoods and wellbeing. … read more
The Startup|Energy initiative for the promotion of East African start-ups in the field of decentralised renewable energy supply has received another supporting member with SolarAid. The importance of the initiative – with GIZ as the … read more
Traditionally, there is no word for business among the pastoralist communities of the arid Marsabit County, in northern Kenya. Nor do they have words for any of its most common terms, such as profit. Instead, … read more
Ashden, a UK charity, has been supporting transformative climate solutions for 20 years. More than 800 organisations applied for the 2021 Ashden Awards, and Association of Sendea Uganda Ltd is one of just 38 to … read more
Greenpeace Africa has described news that Uganda and Tanzania have finalised plans to build an oil pipeline from Hoima to Tanga as a ‘neo-colonial project that has vast environmental and climate risks’. Uganda, Tanzania and oil … read more
Uganda, Tanzania and the French oil company Total, along with its investment partner in Uganda, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), signed a series of agreements on Sunday to build a heated pipeline that … read more
The American rap artist and singer Akon is drawing criticism from rights activists over his meetings with Uganda’s president as he pursues the development of a futuristic city in the East African country. Akon is … read more
The German Development organisation GIZ has become one of the main supports of the initiative Startup|Energy. The initiative of the Stiftung Solarenergie and the University of Freiburg promotes local start-ups in the field of decentralised, … read more
Lamu’s Ndeu village has no electricity despite hosting a substation supplying power to neighbouring communities. None of the households, in the village hosting 150 families, have been connected to electricity since December 2015 when the … read more
R&B artist Akon has yet to come anywhere close to realizing his ambitious vision for a “futuristic” city powered by a cryptocurrency called “Akoin” and built on land given to him by the Senegalese government. But that … read more
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