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The United Kingdom has earmarked a £10 million grant for innovators in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa and South East Asia to address the energy situation in the benefitting countries. Speaking …
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The Zambian company Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) is commissioning a solar PV plant in the Kitwe district. The plant, which has a capacity of 33 MWp, required an investment of …
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Listed tea processing giant, Tanganda Tea Company has invested a total US$8 million in solar projects in a development that will cut off electricity costs for the company. The development …
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Chinese Zero-Tariff preferential treatment for 98 % of Ethiopian export items will take effect as of March 1 this year. China sees tangible benefit for Ethiopia from its new program. …
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Yellow is securing financing for the expansion of its activities in sub-Saharan Africa. The funding is a $5 million loan from Oikocredit, an impact investor based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. …
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Kenya will export tea, coffee, nuts, fruits and flowers to Algeria and import oil and gas from the North African country, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has announced. Wetang’ula made …
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Kenya is constructing 136 solar powered mini-grids in far-flung areas not properly served by the national electricity grid, the country’s energy minister said on 27th February. Off-grid solar power, spearheaded …
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Energy giant, Masdar, has revealed plans to invest in Nigeria as part of its Africa-wide penetration that seeks to increase renewable energy by 20, 000 MW in the next 12 …
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In 2022, President Mnangagwa announced Rwanda had agreed to help Zimbabwe to fund the rural electrification programme to improve the lives of people residing in the countryside. This is also …
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Investment firm LeapFrog Investments is participating in a Series D round of funding to finance the expansion of Sun King. The $70 million investment will enable rural electrification through solar …
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