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Four years, $2.1m later, USAID/Power Africa renewable energy programme closes
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Power Africa Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Project (REEP) is closing after four years of activities aimed at…
Lumos Nigeria introduces reward programme for new customers
Lumo Nigeria, one of the Solar services provider in the country, having successful sealed a partnership arrangement with All On have reiterated its commitment to make its mobile electricity…
Habiba Ali: When vengeance inspires purpose
For many people the decision to start a business was the result of a carefully planned process. The birth of a business idea, feasibility studies, consultations and the drawing up of…
Some Nigerian companies are building tomorrow’s transport
Arthur Energy Company has developed a tricycle which runs entirely on solar energy. The solar-powered tricycle does not just hold an advantage over its conventional counterpart in how clean…
Battery costs in stationary energy could fall 66%, growing 17-fold by 2030 –…
A new report published by the International Renewable Energy ... has said that by 2030, total installed costs could fall between 50% and 60% (and battery cell costs by even more), driven by…
Phanes opens African solar power incubator to boost energy
Phanes Group, an integrated end-to-end solar provider headquartered in Dubai, has launched its first Solar Incubator program, aimed at identifying PV projects of potential in sub-Saharan…
How smart investors are closing in on $25bn Sub-Saharan Africa offgrid market
Perennially poor power supply in Sub-Saharan has seen over 800 million people without enough electricity to light their homes and improve the quality of their lives. However, some smart…
Renewables, energy efficiencies seen cutting carbon emissions
The International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) says that maximising the synergy between renewable energies and promoting energy efficient practices are can drastically reduce…
Delta challenges tertiary institutions as own varsity graduates 8,491 students
As the Delta State University, Abaraka, weekend graduated 8,491 students in the 2015/2016 academic session, the state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, challenged tertiary institutions across the…
Advancing Nigeria and Africa’s first sovereign green bond
The Paris Agreement signed and ratified by Muhammadu Buhari in March of 2017 has an often-overlooked yet critical provision. In article 2 it outlines the aims of the agreement, one of which…