Cameroon Cameroon: Eco-friendly charcoal to reduce deforestation (InfoCongo) admin | May 22, 2017 Muller Tankeu Nandou is determined to reduce the pressure on the beautiful mangrove forests in Cameroon. The entrepreneur has a […]
An alternative fuel source: Make charcoal briquettes from banana peels admin | June 13, 2016 This week’s story from Uganda highlights an innovative and even lucrative solution to banana overproduction: banana wine. Our Script of […]
Tanzania Tanzania: Solar panels power milling business (Trust) admin | May 9, 2016 Samwel Nyakalege’s business has recently got a big boost—from the sun. The 33-year-old owns a mill in Bwisya village, on […]
SolarAid’s micro solar project in rural Tanzania: Tremendous solar energy potential admin | May 9, 2016 This week’s story from Tanzania highlights the potential of solar energy to benefit the environment and improve livelihoods. Our Script […]
Kenya Kenya: Solar-powered wells ease water conflicts in Kenya’s Rift Valley (Trust) admin | February 22, 2016 Twenty-five-year-old Christine Lenganya lifts and balances a 20-litre jerry can of water on her head, her year-old baby strapped to […]
Mali Mali: Renewable energy boosts farming production (UN Women) admin | October 5, 2015 Nearly eight in ten Malian women live in rural areas, according to a recent census. Although these women have very little […]
Improved cookstoves make life easier for women admin | October 5, 2015 This week’s story from Mali mentions improved cookstoves as one way to reduce the burden of women’s work. In 2005, […]
Kenya Kenya: Maasai women lead solar revolution (Trust) admin | June 29, 2015 People in Magadi used to feel uneasy when dusk fell. Farmers worried about their cattle being easy prey for hyenas […]
Rwanda Rwanda: Woman makes living by harnessing the sun (One) admin | April 20, 2015 Jeanne Marie Uhiriwe is very happy with her solar kiosk. She operates one of the 25 solar-powered kiosks in Rwanda […]
Kenya Kenya: Woman entrepreneur gets ahead with clean energy (Trust) admin | January 26, 2015 Not many Kenyan women are clean energy entrepreneurs. But Lydia Waithera did something unusual that led her to a discovery […]