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		<title>IRENA &#8211; studies and presentations as basis to a new paradigm</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Recheis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boosting Uganda clean cookstoves through training and mentoring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cooking stoves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rural electrification professionals to be trained in West Africa in EU sponsored programme</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy access]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor turned hydro developer demonstrates energy needs in health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya goes open government data</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Recheis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improved energy business prospects in Uganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 18:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biomass]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REEEP calls for project proposals in new €4.5 million funding cycle</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/reeep-calls-for-project-proposals-in-new-e4-5-million-funding-cycle.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges for Africa</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/challenges-for-africa.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Recheis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water is the source of all life, and like all goods it isn’t portioned out fairly.  When considering that the average German flushes more water down the toilet in a year than an average African uses during his entire life, it becomes clear just how uneven the access to clean water is. The amount of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On-site report: Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ore than 140 investors, financiers and other clean energy experts have gathered in Johannesburg for the Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF), where they were presented with business plans from nine different finalist project developers, and where an international panel of judges selected the top businesses as winners of the CTI PFAN Clean Energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from Southern Africa (September 2010)</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/news-from-southern-africa-september-2010.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REEEP Southern Africa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CTI PFAN Project Development &#38; Financing Workshops for AFRICEF Three Project Development &#38; Financing Workshops for the shortlisted projects, participating in the CTI PFAN Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF), were held in May 2010 in Kampala (21.05), Maputo (24.05) and Johannesburg (26.05). The workshops were designed by CTI PFAN to provide expert input [...]]]></description>
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