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A Clean Energy Business Plan Competition

A business plan competition for entrepreneurs that deliver access to clean energy in Africa. Clean energy comprises: wind, solar, biogas, hydro, liquefied petroleum gas, biomass and energy efficiency. Non-renewable energies are not excluded but the approaches to en… Continue

Added by Seb Vlugt on November 4, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

This is not time to point fingers

There is one last stop, Barcelona. The road to Copenhagen has been long and demanding. Negotiators under the two tracks—the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA)—have put in long hours of hard work to get to this point. Although the remaining part of the journey is relatively short, it could turn out to be the most torturous if there is no significant shift in positi… Continue

Added by Kenneth Odero on October 11, 2009 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Rethinking Positions

As the curtains came down in Bangkok it was clear that there is still a gulf between the positions of developed (Annex I) and developing countries. That gap needs to be closed quickly if Africa and the other vulnerable regions are to avoid the worst effects of climate change. There can be no room for grandstanding when the risk is so stark. It might help to bear in mind that not only is climate change a global issue, it is also regional, national and local. Failure in Copenhagen will ruin politi… Continue

Added by Kenneth Odero on October 10, 2009 at 8:47pm — No Comments

Nigeria Striking Lecturers (ASUU) and Federal Government Conflict

FOOD FOR THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!........... Quite unfortunate that the current conflict and struggle between the ASUU and Fed Gov. of Nigeria can be delayed to this extent when solution to the problem suppose to be resolved within view days. It should be noted that the Government is recruiting another weeds of militants just as it was done for the Delta Boys (MEND). The poor students that are now roaming around at home are already tired and they are ready to be recruited by evil society as thugs, arm… Continue

Added by Dr LAMEED, Gbolagade Akeem on September 1, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Solarix launches Sustainer

The Sustainer is a unique solution to produce fuel and electricity in remote rural areas, for example in the African countryside where only 5 to 20 percent of the population have electricity. In many of these situations, access to energy would facilitate development, higher… Continue

Added by Seb Vlugt on May 31, 2009 at 2:21pm — No Comments

AFRICA HUNA. A spanish African Network based on Ning

Africa Huna is a net based on spanish language. It is the first spanish network about african issues in Spain and is versed on environment and rural development topics. In the way not many people in Spain is interested in African affairs by the moment not many people take part of the… Continue

Added by Jose on April 7, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

A brand new Africa Platform!

Hi all, You are visiting the brand new Africa Environment Platform, launched on 7 March 2009. Of course right now we do not have a lot of members but that will change soon. The Africa Environment Platform is part of African Business Communities, a collection of about 40 Africa communities with over 4500 members. So if you like to, please become a member of the Africa Environment Platform and help building it to a nice communi… Continue

Added by Seb Vlugt on March 7, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

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