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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 [...]
Innovative finance for low-carbon development in Africa
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 [...]
Briquettes may prove a sustainable source of fuel in rural Kenya
27 Nov 2009
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
‘Briquettes’ are proving to be a potential alternative to the standard use of environmentally damaging fuels such as firewood, kerosene and charcoal in the Rongo district of Kenya. Through the Developing Energy Enterprises Project (DEEP) East Africa, GVEP International along with partner organizations in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya are looking at various ways of supporting [...]
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