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GCF, AfDB to light up Sahel under ‘Desert to Power’ programme

The Green Climate Fund, the African Development Bank and Africa50 investment fund are collaborating to bring solar energy to the Sahel, in support of...

admin - May 28, 2018

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Government urged to sensitise Nigerians to benefits of clean cooking stoves

An ecologist, Mr Abdullahi Aremu, on Friday, May 25, 2018 urged government at all levels to sensitise Nigerians to the benefits of using clean...

admin - May 25, 2018

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Renewable energy employs 10.3m worldwide, IRENA report finds

The renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017, a 5.3 per cent increase from 2016, according to figures released by...

admin - May 11, 2018

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Somali, UN seek investment in alternative energy to halt charcoal trade

At the closing of the international conference on charcoal in Mogadishu on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, the Government of Somalia and the United Nations...

admin - May 10, 2018

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Renewable energy, panacea to Africa’s industrialisation – Experts

Experts at the Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) Forum on Monday, May 7, 2018 in Abidjan said that renewable energy remained the best way to...

admin - May 8, 2018

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AfDB approves $1.5m for Jigawa power project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has approved a grant of $1.5 million (about N540 million) to support power project in Jigawa State...

admin - May 6, 2018

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650m Africans live without electricity – AfDB

The African Development Bank, (AfDB) says that no fewer than 650 million Africans currently live without electricity. Dr Victor Oladokun, the AfDB Director, Communication and Media...

admin - May 3, 2018

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Wind energy soars against subsidised fossil fuels – GWEC

Global wind markets have reached all time high as wind power successfully competes against heavily subsidised fossil fuels in the global marketplace, according to...

admin - April 25, 2018

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