A competition run by Access Power called the ‘Access Co-Development Facility’ (ACF) has officially closed. Five entrepreneurs have made it as the runner ups for the innovative $7 million funding and support platform for renewable energy projects in Africa.
According to a company statement, the projects were selected from a pool of 82 qualifying projects from
When Ronald Van Harten arrived in Kenya from the Netherlands in 2015 he was determined to invest in solar-powered equipment for homes across Africa, make a profit and help the rural poor get energy.
But within two years his company EcoZoom, which sells solar lights, radios, MP3 players and other equipment to some of Kenya’s poorest
Solar technology in Africa, including my country of Uganda, would bring good news to millions of people who today must use firewood, charcoal and dung for cooking. Millions of Africans die from lung infections caused by breathing fumes from these fires, millions more from eating spoiled food, drinking contaminated water and having spoiled medicines, because
The best way for millions of farmers in Africa to escape poverty is to move from rain-fed farming to irrigated farming. Irrigation transforms farming by allowing for annual production instead of sporadic production. Using the irrigation technology developed by KickStart International, a nonprofit social enterprise co-founded and led by Dr. Martin Fisher, farmers in Africa
A chip containing millions of genetic variations that are common in Africa could help scientists bring the benefits of precision medicine to the continent.
The chip could lead to new insights into human health as well as new treatments that work better on Africans. Its developers say it will be ready to use in early 2017.
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Life expectancy in Mali is 53 years (2009), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). But this is an improvement from 20 years ago, when the average Malian could expect to live just 43 years.
Unlike other African countries, Mali at least has a low incidence of HIV/AIDS; 1% of the adult population is infected. However,
Despite its mineral resources, the SADC region has the worst health and poverty gap on the planet, the Chairperson of the Bench Marks Foundation, Bishop Dr Jo Seoka, said this morning in Braamfontein.
Read more at AllAfrica
Bringing together 100 representatives from Kenyan and British firms, the UK-Kenya Renewable Energy Conference (REC 100) hosted by the British High Commission in conjunction with Barclays Bank of Kenya aimed to consolidate a pipeline of low carbon deals to accelerate affordable electrification in the country.
Speaking at the conference, the British High Commissioner to Kenya Nic
Earlier this year, the World Bank highlighted digital finance as having the capacity to contribute to reaching the goal of universal access to financial services by 2020. About 2-billion adults across the world do not have access to formal financial services. In sub-Saharan Africa, about 30% of the population has a bank account, a low figure
As Tanzania tries to end child marriage by streamlining laws to protect girls, Aid for Africa member Nurturing Minds is also helping vulnerable girls.
Read more at Ending Child Marriage And Building Futures For Girls In Tanzania | Care2 Causes
Exploring five African countries and how they are financially inclusive. Financial inclusion is a vital part of reducing poverty worldwide.
Read more at Here are 5 of Africa’s most financially inclusive countries – Ventures Africa
Check out the Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project: Advancing Equitable Financial Ecosystems
This is African innovation at it’s best in the sense of big ideas, creative vision, entrepreneurship and homegrown, globally scalable problem-solving.
Read more at Quartz Africa Innovators 2016 list
Here is a list of organizations funding social innovation and entrepreneurs in Africa Act Now
In 2011 I rented out my house in Oxford for a year and went to work as a volunteer at an exciting,
not for profit, entrepreneurial business school in South Africa, the Tertiary School in Business
Administration, TSiBA Education, which has an urban campus in Cape Town and a rural campus in
Karatara in the Western Cape. Six
Kenya plans to close all of its refugee camps in a move that would displace more than 600,000 people. The country’s government said it was shutting down the camps due to “very heavy” economic, security and environmental issues. Those due to close include Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in the world, home to more than 300,000 people on the
A new report released earlier this month notes that the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel terrorist group from northern Uganda, has abducted 217 people in the past two months in the Central African Republic, 54 of whom are children. This is almost double the number of abductions performed by the group during the entirety of
Throughout the developed world, the rise of cell phones as a way to communicate and stay connected has been a potent force in economic and social change. New devices and more connectivity have changed not only the business landscape, but also the way we interact with our friends, families, and relations. While many assume this change has been limited to
Companies dealing in manufacturing and sale of medical equipment from Egypt, Kenya, India, Middle East, Rwanda and Uganda held a medical technological machinery expo in Kampala last week.
Source: Uganda: International Medical Equipment Manufacturers Hold Expo in Kampala – allAfrica.com
Read here about the growth, trends and forecast of the global wearable medical device market
Finding opportunities and sorting them out from grand possibilities is what Mo Ibrahim has done throughout his lifetime. However, in attempting to change the perceptions of an entire continent, Ibrahim has elevated the scale of his ambitions to a different realm altogether.
A natural disaster like a deadly epidemic inflicts tremendous loss of life but does not damage roads, buildings, or the countries material infrastructure. What it does damage is the social infrastructure like government, the economy and businesses. The good news is that those institutions can be revived and even strengthened despite the loss of human
Regardless of all operational, strategic and management factors, staff productivity can make or break a business. Recruitment and training are thus fundamental to any CEO’s efforts to ensure or improve worker output. Still, many firms struggle in these areas, and many others wonder what more can be done. Employee ownership is a complement to recruitment
