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Smallholder agriculture blossoming with the use of renewables in Africa
Victor Ndwaniye, a smallholder farmer from Nasho, a small lakeside village in Kirehe district in eastern Rwanda, used to ...
Mali embraces solar power for rural areas but the challenges are still vast
A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in this ...
The Mission to Electrify Africa Might Finally Be Under Way
Mini-grids generate electricity for small communities that aren’t on national supply networks — and the economics suggest ...
Associated Press9d
Electric tricycles are a ticket to respect and prosperity for some rural women in Zimbabwe
(AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli) In many parts of rural sub-Saharan Africa, women have long been excluded from mainstream economic ...
Nigeria strikes $200 million deal to power rural areas with renewable mini grids
Nigeria has agreed to $200 million deal with WeLight, a pan-African Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) company to deploy hundreds of renewable mini grids, aimed at bringing reliable electricity to ...
The New York Times23d
Africa Received Billions in U.S. Aid. Here’s What It Will Lose.
U.S.A.I.D. The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is ... supporting female farmers in the rural Angolan town.Credit...Joao Silva/The New ...
The Citizen on MSN4h
New project aims to eradicate poverty in rural Tanzania
Dar es Salaam. The Irish Embassy in Tanzania, in partnership with the Aga Khan Foundation, has launched the Tuinuke Pamoja project.This initiative aims to eradicate poverty, increase financial ...
The Conversation26d
Maps showing China’s growing influence in Africa distort reality – but some risks are real
Brendon J. Cannon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
EWN Sport21d
Swimming South Africa launches Rural Splash Programme to curb drowning incidents
Swimming South Africa teaches children to swim as part of their Rural Splash Program in Bergville at the Woodstock Dam. Picture: Supplied. JOHANNESBURG - Swimming South Africa (SSA) has launched ...
中国日报网13d
Chinese firms' role in Africa's industrialization lauded
NJ Ayuk (right), founder and executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber, signs an MoU with Tima Networks during a forum held in Shanghai on Thursday. CHINA DAILY Chinese companies have been ...
The Economist11d
The success of Ivory Coast is Africa’s best-kept secret
“Anything you try can work.” Where it is not racked by war, military coups or jihadism, much of Africa is battling economic stagnation and double-digit inflation rates. Ivory Coast, a country ...
CNN7d
Expelled South African ambassador returns home, says will wear US sanction as ‘badge of dignity’
The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration was given a hero’s welcome on his return home Sunday, when ...