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12Nov

By Africa BusinessNo Comments

Energy, Kenya News

d.light Co-Founder and CEO Nedjip Tozun Recognized on 2024 TIME100 Climate List for Pioneering Clean Energy Access Impact

Nedjip Tozun, Co-Founder and CEO of d.light, has been honored with a spot on the prestigious *TIME100 Climate* list for 2024. This annual list highlights the world's most influential leaders driving meaningful climate action and pioneering sustainable solutions across industries. Tozun’s inclusion recognizes his transformative work in expanding access to clean energy for underserved communities in Africa and Asia. Since co-founding d.light in 2007 at Stanford University, Tozun has dedicated himself to providing affordable, off-grid clean energy solutions that empower lives and protect the planet. Under his leadership, d.light has positively impacted over 180 million people by delivering solar-powered products—ranging from home systems and lanterns to appliances—that have improved energy...

4Nov

By Africa BusinessNo Comments

African News, Agriculture, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya News, Uganda News

African climate innovators dominate global climate prize at COP26

Four African climate innovators were named as winners at 2021's presigious Ashden Awards held on November 4 at the global climate summit COP26 in Glasgow, UK. Three more of the continent’s low carbon pioneers were announced as runners up. The Ashden Awards honour pioneering organisations from the UK and low-income countries lowering carbon emissions and building a fairer world. World leaders and international organisations are gathering in Glasgow from November 1 to 13 to agree a global plan for tackling the climate crisis. The key note speech at the awards ceremony was given by Costa Rican President, Carlos Alvarado, who said: “We share the conviction that sustainable development goes hand in hand with economic growth, as well as a deep commitment to decarbonization and to promote nat...

Smart Power lights up Africa’s road to pandemic recovery

29Oct

By Baker McKenzieNo Comments

Energy, Green Energy, Zambia News

Smart Power lights up Africa’s road to pandemic recovery

Kieran Whyte, Partner, Head of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice, Johannesburg, and Marc Fèvre, Partner, London, Baker McKenzie. Across Africa, access to power is hampered by the lack of access to competitive funding, the dire state of the continent’s utilities infrastructure and the need for energy policy and legislation to be adapted so that it can boost investment in the sector. Post COVID-19, new solutions are urgently needed to address Africa’s power crisis and switch on a continent-wide strategy for its recovery and renewal. Such solutions must take into account the energy transition and in particular, the utilisation of renewable energy, the focus on smart power technologies and cost effective solutions, as well as the global drive towards a decentralised, decarbonised ...

Without flexibility, the energy revolution in Africa will not take place

25Jun

By Ville RimaliNo Comments

Energy, Green Energy

Without flexibility, the energy revolution in Africa will not take place

It is no longer disputable that the energy transition integrating renewable energies into the grid is a reality that is unfolding globally. This can be observed at different rates and scales according to the countries, but the constant increase in demand and the continuous drop in the prices of these technologies will imply that renewable energies will constitute the basis of the power supply to the electrical networks in the future. It is, in fact, more of a revolution than a transition, given the rapidity with which the share of renewable energy is growing today, and the fall already noted in the prices of the renewable kWh produced. The same goes for the African continent, and in particular in North and West Africa, where Egypt, Morocco and Senegal have already embarked (on admittedly d...