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 [...]
28 Sep 2010
by Florian Bauer - Category: Events
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 [...]
08 Sep 2010
by REEEP Southern Africa - Category: Contributed News
CTI PFAN Project Development & Financing Workshops for AFRICEF Three Project Development & 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 [...]
08 Apr 2010
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
The POWEO Foundation Award awards energy projects with 10,000 Euros in sub-Saharan Africa. Deadline for applications: September 30, 2010.
15 Mar 2010
by REEEP Southern Africa - Category: Regional News
South African company removes barriers to emissions reporting: Despite the failure of the climate change conference in Copenhagen to achieve a binding treaty around carbon emission reductions, a South African company, sustainableIT has just developed TheCarbonReport.com, which now allows companies, irrespective of size, to measure and report on emissions through validated processes. See 25degrees.net for [...]
11 Feb 2010
by Florian Bauer - Category: Contributed News
GVEP International has just published a Policy Briefing on innovative finance mechanisms and how they could be used to scale up investments in low carbon technologies in Africa. The two case studies examined were presented at a DFID sponsored policy conference at Chatham House in London on 28th January. Large investments will need to be [...]