Entrepreneur Olugbenga Olubanjo is offering an alternative. His company Reeddi rents out small, lightweight solar-powered batteries…
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Solar Backpacks Lights Up Botswana School Children’s Night Studies
For 32-year electronic engineer Kedumetse Liphi from Botswana, a chance encounter with a poor student on…
Ways Solar Energy is Boosting Food Production in Africa
Even though Africa has abundant natural resources that could address the continent’s unmet energy needs, it…
Kenya to Build 136 Solar Mini-Grids for Remote Communities
According to the country’s energy minister, Kenya is constructing 136 solar-powered mini-grids in far-flung areas not…
Impact of Clean Energy on Rural-Urban Development
The distinction between urban and rural communities is quite evident in developing countries. For a community to…
ETHIOPIA Grants First Ever Commercial Mini-Grid Licence
To electrify its people, Ethiopia will rely more on solar energy, including solar mini grids. Humanitarian…
COP28 President Visits SELCO Foundation
SELCO Foundation, an organization that enables grassroots problem solving with an Ecosystem’s Perspective and decentralised sustainable…
Madagascar to Use Solar to Solve Climate Crisis
The World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations (UN) is helping the government of Madagascar…
WeLight to Connect 250,000 People in Rural Madagascar
WeLight secures $21 million to help 250,000 people in rural Madagascar access clean electricity. The financing…
WeLight Raises €19m for Solar Mini-Grids in 120 Villages
The electricity access provider WeLight is raising €19 million from three investors. The funds are intended…