The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund provides a $35 million loan to construct a 40MW Kesses solar project in Kenya
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), part of The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), will provide a loan of $35 million over a 15-year term…
Renewvia Launches Phase One of Its Africa, Solar-Storage Microgrid Initiative
Last updated: March 27, 2018 @ 04:30 AM PST A new generation of emissions-free, distributed energy systems are being installed in homes and businesses across…
Strauss Energy’s Solar Roof Tiles Light Up a School, Students’ Lives in Kenya
So-called “building integrated (solar) photovoltaic (BIPV)” energy technology is considered a keystone of distributed solar and renewable energy proponents’ grand vision of economies and societies…
What’s the Current State of Solar Equipment Import Trade in Africa?
One of the fundamental impacts of energy poverty in Africa is the limiting influence on the growth of manufacturing. Manufacturing in several sectors in Africa…
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…