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Boosting Uganda clean cookstoves through training and mentoring
10 Jan 2012
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
A five-year programme rewards entrepreneurship across East Africa by supporting micro-businesses to establish energy services and create employment opportunities in rural areas. Willy Bamwenyena, 25, stands out as a young resourceful entrepreneur, who has been able to identify the energy gap in his community, in rural Uganda, and turned the need into a business opportunity. [...]
Rural electrification professionals to be trained in West Africa in EU sponsored programme
20 Oct 2011
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
The launch of an EU sponsored programme training rural electrification operators in West Africa, took place in Bamako last week. Funded by the EU Energy Facility 2011, the 875,000 Euros programme will set up local training facilities to promote the electrification of rural areas through access to sustainable and modern energy services. The Malian Minister [...]
Doctor turned hydro developer demonstrates energy needs in health
19 Sep 2011
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
A micro-hydro company that is to supply electricity to health centres in remote areas of Rwanda is a reminder of how critical energy access is for achieving the Millennium Development Goals – as the 2015 deadline approaches. But before the acclaimed universal access can be met, small energy enterprises in developing countries must overcome significant [...]
I am pleased to share some good news: Kenya has started Sub-Saharan Africa’s first Open Data Initiative, and underscored the fact that the country’s ICT (Information and communication technologies) sector is an important pillar of revenue and innovative spirit. Dr. Ndemo explains in an interview what opening up government data could mean for Kenya, and [...]
Improved energy business prospects in Uganda
18 May 2011
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
A five-year programme continues to support micro businesses in East Africa to scale up in a way that boosts local economies while promoting the sustainable management of natural resources and reducing poverty. Three years ago Jude Kabanda began his business and Community Based Organisation, Friends of the Environement (FEO). Operating from Makindye, a suburb of [...]
REEEP calls for project proposals in new €4.5 million funding cycle
14 Mar 2011
by Florian Bauer - Category: REEEP
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has opened its 8th programme cycle with a call for proposed clean energy projects targeting Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The Partnership expects to fund approximately 30 projects with €4.5 million contributed by the Governments of the United Kingdom and Norway. The level of funding [...]
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