Improving Off-Grid Solar Power Appeal in Rural Africa
Africa’s low levels of energy access provide a good opportunity for power solution providers and solar power is now proving to be a one of…
How Off-Grid Solar Can Help Stem the Rising Refugee Tide
A defining characteristic of human history and nature, conflict – whether armed or otherwise – continues to destroy human lives, rupture societies and uproot families…
How Solar Power is Taking Development to Rural Africa
The impact of solar power in Africa can be described as transformational. Apart from the promise of powering small and Medium-sized companies in areas with…
Mapping the Solar Financing Opportunities and Trends in Africa
Africa has a very enviable solar irradiance, which makes it an attractive region for promoting on grid and off grid solar power projects. In addition,…
Have You Heard of a Solar Classroom in a Box?
Aleutia, a manufacturer of low-cost desktops and servers that has taking computers to every part of the world on its mind, wanted the do the…
50MW Photovoltaic Power Plant Project in Kenya-Largest in East Africa
On September 29, Mr. Charles Keter (cabinet secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Energy and Petroleum), Liu Changlin (vice governor of Jiangxi Province in China), Liu…
Investors Plow $20MM into BBOXX - an African Off-Grid Solar/Distributed Energy Start-Up
A rather impressive group of clean energy investment companies recently made a $20 million venture capital (VC) investment in BBOXX, a start-up based in Rwanda…
C.D. Glin Sworn In as the New President of the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF)
WASHINGTON, DC – September 6, 2016 – C.D. Glin was sworn in as the U.S. African Development Foundation’s 9th President on Tuesday, September 6, 2016…
USADF On Verge of Funding 20 New Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge Entrepreneurs
Local mini- and off-grid solar power continues to gain traction in Sub-Saharan Africa as innovative, socially-minded startups leverage the popularity of mobile phones and tap…
Power Africa is Building Clean Energy, Sustainable Development Pathways Across Sub-Saharan Africa
2016 has been a busy year to date for those participating in U.S. President Barack Obama's Power Africa program. Particularly noteworthy, the U.S. Congress joined…
