Smart Energy International

JANUARY 27, 2023

Enlit Africa (formerly known as African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa) proudly presents its 2023 programme, which will run from 16 to 18 May at the CTICC in Cape Town. The Investment Plan indicates that South Africa will require approximately R1.5 The question is: where will this financing come from?

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The informal waste economy is an often overlooked part of our global plastic supply chain. Keiran Smith, CEO & Co-founder of Mr. Green Trading Africa Kenya Ltd. Opening Panel: The Human Dimension of Waste Collection. Who are the humans that are managing our waste? Vivien Luk, Executive Director of Work. Holly Secon.

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Charged

MARCH 25, 2025

Giyani Metals, developer of the K.Hill Battery-Grade Manganese Project in Botswana, has started production at its demonstration plant in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company has developed a hydrometallurgical process to produce battery-grade manganese (HPMSM), a lithium-ion battery cathode precursor material. Source: Giyani

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2021

One example of an ecosystem helping to achieve this global goal is RAIN (Replenish Africa Initiative), The Coca-Cola Foundation’s flagship African community program. RAIN’s goal is to improve the lives of over 6 million people in Africa through water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs, with a focus on addressing specific community needs.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 4, 2024

Flagship initiatives to ensure “responsible sourcing” for the global aquafeed industry in West Africa are being undermined by systemic conflicts of interest, endangering efforts to safeguard critical fish stocks, DeSmog can reveal. In sub-Saharan Africa, the industry’s operations are known to cause pollution, food insecurity and job losses.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Against the backdrop of the Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week, Nairobi hosted the UN Environment Programme’s fourth annual International Clean Air Day for blue skies event with Nairobi City County Governor, Sakaja Johnson, on September 7th, 2023.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Meanwhile, less than 1% is generated by low-income countries in regions like sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Over 50% of all transport-related emissions come from high-income countries, where people are more likely to own and depend on personal vehicles. In these.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Planetary Variables products unlock information about the physical properties of Earth by fusing data from a range of sources, including optical, radar, passive microwave, and LiDAR sensors. Land-use planning: Vegetation health data can inform wise urban development and agricultural planning.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 25, 2021

million to digitize informal businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, August 25 – The digitization trend that’s taken off in the pandemic has focused on helping put small businesses online. The post Nigeria’s Alerzo raises $10.5

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

In this study, we used an innovative machine learning approach to integrate multiple meteorological and geological information to estimate the global surface-level daily PM 2.5 µg/m 3 ), followed by northern Africa (30.1 air pollution in August and September in South America and from June to September in sub-Saharan Africa.”

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Multimodal public transport in Uganda is widespread but largely an informal affair. Kampala, like many African cities, relies on this informal system – comprised largely of taxis (14-seater minibuses) and boda bodas (motorcycle taxis) – to provide much-needed connectivity to. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Their findings could inform strategies to manage future mining operations and avoid the groundwater depletion and other problems that have affected sites like the Salar de Atacama in Chile. My group has worked all over the world in Africa, Europe, Vietnam, India and I dont think we ever measured that level of arsenic.

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The City Fix

JULY 15, 2024

Do informal transport networks in African cities provide equitable services for everyone that needs them? Unsurprisingly, the answer is often no. Operators frequently prefer to drive the safest and most central routes, inadvertently prioritizing commuters traveling to formal jobs in.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Today, we announced an exciting new contract with ZEP-RE, a reinsurance company based in Nairobi, Kenya who will leverage our Basemaps products to enhance drought risk protection in the Horn of Africa (HOA)! At Planet, we are excited to be contributing data to support the livelihoods of pastoral farmers in Africa with ZEP-RE.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The post Two African fintechs raise early rounds to connect informal businesses to capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, September 14 – Small businesses in emerging markets are often shut out of traditional financial services because they’re deemed too risky to.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

million to six UK based innovators to work with international partners to tackle plastic related issues in India, Chile, South Africa and Kenya. The competition called for technical innovations to address specific challenges identified by the India Plastics Pact , Chile Plastics Pact , South Africa Plastics Pact and Kenya Plastics Pact.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 10, 2021

ImpactAlpha, August 10 – Twiga Foods has for seven years been calling attention to the fragility of Kenya’s informal food retailers, on which. The post Twiga Foods bets on informal retailers as the key to African food security and business growth appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The post Nigerian B2B marketplace Sabi raises $6 million to support Africa’s informal businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, November 30 — Lagos-based Sabi is among a wave of enterprise tech ventures applying technology to fix market failures and inefficiencies.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

It ranges from 10 percent of GDP in advanced economies to more than 30 percent in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. . Greater transparency in this regard will provide important information for their corporate decision-making.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 24, 2025

The Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility for Africa (GRMF) is inviting everyone for the GRMF HEAT Training Workshop , taking place on 2-3 April 2025 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Those who are interested to register are advised to send emails to grmf@africa-union.org and grmf@roedl.com.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

With multiple drivers for growth in the industrial market, the challenges for water in Africa are more around implementation than technology, says Walid Khoury of water engineering firm Desalytics, as he prepares for Water Africa 2024 in Ghana in June. What are the main challenges for the water market in Africa?

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Smart Energy International

MAY 22, 2024

A smart meter specification developed by and for utilities in Africa is about to be formally released as the African standard AFSEC 51300-1. Meters in Africa face extreme conditions of heat and humidity, sometimes as much as 70 o C, and need to maintain their reliability,” he comments. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

Certain regions, such as Saharan Africa and the Middle East for example, hold substantial quantities of non-renewable groundwater supplies that can be extracted in order to maintain water security. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the opportunities offered by the vast aquifers remain largely underexploited. Strengthen environmental regulations.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A district outside of Cape Town has recently installed SF 6 -free switchgear, the first installation of its kind in Africa. Added Alderman Conrad Poole, executive mayor of Drakenstein Municipality: “This project comes at a time when South Africa faces immense energy challenges.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Researchers from the University of Bristol and across the world are joining forces this week, in a professed bid to advance early warning systems and disaster preparedness across southern Africa, as climate change worsens. In March, severe drought left millions facing severe food shortages.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 8, 2024

The International Geothermal Association (IGA) has announced a strategic partnership with Frontier Energy Network , with the collaboration geared towards the Africa Energies Summit event. The Africa Energies Summit will be taking place on the 14th-16th of May 2024 in London, UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

We’ve known for years that if we use our data more intelligently, we could make more informed capital and operational decisions but it’s difficult moving legacy systems to a new digital way of working. South Africa launches WBE programme. This could be transformational for the water sector. Finally, is the role new technology.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

An unintended impact of urbanization in South Africa is shifting relationships with food. The foods and cooking methods used for generations can inform today’s efforts to improve the food system, and elders are an unparalleled resource to help communities relearn how to eat sustainably. . A well-known figure in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. percent. . "For There are so many other alternatives." .

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Low Impact

JUNE 27, 2021

Today I’m talking with Shaila Agha of the Sarafu Network about ‘chamas’ and mutual credit , and how they’re changing Africa. Recently we’ve had aggressive campaigns by loan companies, but they don’t inform the public about their interest rates, which are ridiculously high. Really nice to talk with you Shaila.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Little was known about theoil demand sustainability programme (ODSP) but the investigation obtained detailed information on plans to drive up the use of fossil fuel-powered cars, buses and planes in Africa and elsewhere, as rich countries increasingly switch to clean energy. Continue reading.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 23, 2024

Microsoft and UAE-based AI firm G42 is set to invest $1 billion for various projects as part of a joint initiative with Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Communications, and Digital Economy. The letter of intent formalizing this relationship will be signed on 24 May 2024 during the state visit of Kenyan President William Ruto to the USA.

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Planet Pulse

MARCH 21, 2020

With that in mind, Planet partners with organizations like Swift Geospatial , a company based in South Africa that utilizes technology to optimize forest management and help reduce the unnecessary cutting of trees. Planet has actionable information at a resolution and frequency we can use.”. June 4, 2019. © 2019, Planet Labs Inc.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

People buy it just like they buy cocoa from West Africa: It has that special profile that they're looking for. In 2018, Dahl and her team set out to understand its mica supply chain, including how much verifiable information was available about working conditions and child labor. Dialing for details. It's a cash product.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

These large-scale projects require insurance coverage to proceed, and information available to the Complainants indicates that insurance is being provided by IFC’s equity client, Britam, as part of a consortium of local insurers.”. The letter notes that the projects pose immense environmental risks and impacts to biodiversity in Uganda.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 23, 2024

The importance of energy investment in Africa is not up for debate. Africa may be the home of one-fifth of the global population, but the continent only receives 3% of the global energy investment. Sabrine Emran, Olga Bogdanova, and Els Kamphof talk about financing energy investment in Africa. Image: World Energy Congress.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 27, 2024

Enlit Africa (21-23 May, Cape Town, South Africa) turns the African energy conversation into tangible action. At the event, thought leaders and experts gather to discuss how Africa can catalyse a sustainable transition while forging new connections, gaining invaluable insights, and making a case for realistic change. “The

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