Stories tagged: energy

Cameroon: Solar power boosts electricity in the north as hydroelectric potential wanes (Mongabay)

admin | October 23, 2025

In northern Cameroon, the Lagdo hydroelectric dam has long been the primary energy source. But recurring droughts and silting of […]

Dioro Cissé | October 7, 2025

Badiaguibougou is an agricultural village located 90 kilometers from the city of Ségou. This morning, the sun is barely visible […]

admin | August 28, 2025

In the drylands of Burkina Faso, farming usually ends with the rainy season. But in Zoungou village, green onion fields […]

admin | August 14, 2025

At Uganda’s Kyaka II refugee settlement, discarded food scraps are finding new life as clean cooking fuel — helping protect […]

admin | July 17, 2025

For years, Fentie Wabi made a living fishing on Lake Tana in northern Ethiopia. But when water hyacinth—a fast-growing invasive […]

admin | May 22, 2017

Muller Tankeu Nandou is determined to reduce the pressure on the beautiful mangrove forests in Cameroon. The entrepreneur has a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]