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How London charity is helping Kenyan energy entrepreneurs break distribution barriers
Kenyan businesses, like in most of sub-Saharan Africa, face numerous roadblocks on the way to delivering clean energy products to ‘hard-to-reach’, low-income customers in rural regions.
By Jerry Abuga 10 years ago
How London charity is helping Kenyan energy entrepreneurs break distribution barriers
Business mentoring bringing solar to more off-grid customers in Rwanda
27-year-old Mbacyenge Jean Bosco dropped out of high school in 2003 to let his younger sister acquire an education, as his parents could not afford the school fees for the two of them.
By Jerry Abuga 10 years ago
Business mentoring bringing solar to more off-grid customers in Rwanda
Clean technology innovator powering off-grid lake island
Award-winning renewable energy company PowerGen is providing distributed energy services to yet another remote community through a 1.5kW solar mini-grid.
By Jerry Abuga 10 years ago
Clean technology innovator powering off-grid lake island
Can financial rewards induce new and effective means of getting transformative development solutions to scale?
There has been renewed interest in challenge prizes over recent years, as a tool to drive development through innovation.
By Jerry Abuga 10 years ago
Can financial rewards induce new and effective means of getting transformative development solutions to scale?
Experts warn of growing malaria drug resistance
Health & Science
By Mercy Kahenda
39 mins ago
Ruto remains cagey on zoning as ODM talks turn into a circus
Politics
By Ndungu Gachane
39 mins ago
Schools face fresh funding gap ahead of second term reopening
Education
By Lewis Nyaundi
39 mins ago
Wamboka replaced as MPs give bribery probe more time.
Politics
By Josphat Thiongó
39 mins ago