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UN Environment supports women on energy entrepreneurship in East Africa

By UNEP

Ethiopia, energy, agriculture

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Africa Watch

Ethiopia plans Africa’s biggest dam

By Pavithra Rao

economy, development, energy, NEPAD, World Bank, ADB

Also

Powering up Africa’s economies

Regional initiatives can help cover deficits

By Mary Kimani

energy, NEPAD, UNDP

NEPAD in action

Solar power: cheap energy source for Africa

NEPAD seeks to boost electricity supply in remote rural areas

By Itai Madamombe

oil, energy, Cameroon, UNCTAD, ADB, NEPAD

Also

What alternatives to oil in Africa?

Importers begin looking more closely at other energy sources

By Renatus Nji

energy, infrastructure

Infrastructure

Light at the end of the tunnel

Much ado over Africa’s power sector

By Kingsley Ighobor
Infrastructure

There is energy momentum in Africa

— Kandeh Yumkella

By Kingsley Ighobor

energy, agriculture, health, Malaria, Maternal Health, SMS, technology

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Africa Wired

Simple invention brokers peace between humans and wildlife

By Jocelyne Sambira