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Getting mini-hydro in Tanzania on track
07 May 2012
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
A key challenge facing developers of small hydro projects in Tanzania is the lack of access to finance. To help counter this, GVEP is implementing a Pre-Investment Technical Support programme in collaboration with the World Bank and Tanzania’s Rural Energy Agency (REA). The aim of this programme is to build the capacity of project developers [...]
Pitching for a unified strategy for clean cookstoves in Malawi
26 Apr 2012
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
For many developing countries cooking and heating needs in rural areas are met by traditional cookstoves reliant on biomass fuels. This month, GVEP International was invited to present at a Clean Cookstoves Workshop aimed at engaging the support of Government of Malawi . On April 11, the US Embassy hosted a Clean Cookstove Symposium in [...]
Ghana is launching its own Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI)! It appears Ghana will be the second African country providing an Open Government Data portal, after Kenya. Ghana has joined the pledge of participating countries as part of the Open Data Partnership to deliver country actions plans for concrete commitment towards Open Government. Last spring [...]
IRENA – studies and presentations as basis to a new paradigm
06 Feb 2012
by Denise Recheis - Category: News
IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) wants to unleash the world’s vast renewable energy resources to make a significant contribution to the world’s growing demand for energy. It’s IRENA’s mission is to promote the widespread and increased adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy. Today I want to highlight some of their activities [...]
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 [...]
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