Renewable energy

WiSolar offers base pay for Nigerian partners

WiSolar will use Ecobank Nigeria's digital payment infrastructure to provide payouts to its network of Partner Merchants.
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TCS Sustainathon SA 2024 winners unveiled

The first prize went to team Nexura from the University of Cape Town, the University of the Witwatersrand, and Nelson Mandela University.
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Jan 16, 2025

OPEC Fund backs Africa’s largest onshore wind power project

The project seeks to power over one million homes while reducing carbon emissions by around 2.5 million tonnes per year.
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Sep 10, 2024

Clear Blue partners Green Energy to power African telecom sites

Growth Energy will power telecom sites with Clear Blue's Esite-Micro power technology and Illumience Smart Power service as part of the partnership.
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Aug 19, 2024

Why South Africa needs trade partners to scale green energy

There is no doubt that South Africa has some of the best potential for renewable energy on the planet.
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Jul 18, 2024

d.light closes $176m new financing facility for PayGo consumer loan

The new funding facility will assist the company in expanding its consumer loan service PayGo in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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May 2, 2024

WiSolar’s prepaid solar utility opens service in Gauteng

The company says this business model allows property owners to install solar at no upfront cost.
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Dec 13, 2023

Rwanda installs solar-powered internet in schools

The programme will make use of Ignite Power's new LinX device, which features solar-powered satellite terminals.
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Exclusive: Vodacom DR Congo tests 5G as it pushes data, mobile money

Al Americani, CEO of Vodacom DR Congo, spoke to ITWeb Africa about its testing of network upgrades, its infrastructure challenges and the key role that mobile money plays in its offering to the country.
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Oct 5, 2023

Study released on status of Africa’s wind energy industry

The new report from the Global Wind Energy Council details the benefits of wind energy development across the continent.
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May 9, 2023

Chinese energy company NPP ties-up with SA’s This Tree Technology

NPP Power, which is ranked fourth biggest manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries in China, is entering the South African market for the first time.
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Sep 8, 2016

The great non-divide between cyber security and geopolitics

The combination of the information shift to cloud computing and the energy move to the smart grid is creating a massive headache for governments according to?Bryan Hamman of Arbor Networks.