African companies bag 2011 global green energy awards
Two energy companies from Africa have emerged winners of the world’s most prestigious green energy awards. Toyola Energy from Ghana and ToughStuff international were the two African energy companies...
View ArticleGovernment distributes free energy efficient stoves to Ethiopians
Alemayehu Tegenu By Mekonnen Teshome AfricaSTI, Addis Ababa Ethiopia has commenced the free distribution of energy efficient stoves to its citizens as part of efforts by government to promote green...
View ArticleMozambique tops African renewable energy use
Namburete Mozambique has emerged as one of the leading countries in Africa using renewable energy sources courtesy of an electricity expansion programme that made it possible for over two million...
View ArticleWomen technicians bring solar power to Sierra Leone
A group of female technicians are at the forefront of introducing solar powered electricity to rural communities in Sierra Leone following the absence of grid electricity in the country. The 12 women...
View ArticleNigeria urges African Union to establish Nuclear Commission
Nigeria has called on the African Union to hasten the implementation of the Pellindaba treaty by establishing an African Commission for Nuclear and Energy. Ita Bassey Ewa, Nigeria’s minister of science...
View ArticleEast Africa experts meet over energy crisis
Executives of various power companies in East Africa are set to discuss ways of financing energy projects in the region in an effort to overcome the current power crisis. Amy Offord, the marketing...
View ArticleAfrican sun to power Europe
A new study has confirmed the viability of the European Union plan to install solar units in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region to deliver electricity to Europe under the Desertec...
View ArticleAfrican solar power pioneer in context for global green energy prize
A company specialising in providing affordable solar power products for Africa’s poor has been selected alongside six other organisations from India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Peru and...
View ArticleNigeria tasks scientists on peaceful use of nuclear technology
NKECHI ISAAC Nigeria’s Vice President, Namadi Sambo has urged scientists in Nigeria to utilise nuclear technology in a manner that would boost the nation’s economy. Sambo made the call while...
View ArticleRwanda’s first sophisticated micro hydropower plant resumes operation
By Aimable Twahirwa,KIGALI (AfricaSTI) The first sophisticated micro hydropower plant, without a dam, has resumed operation on Musarara, a stream which run across the northern Rwanda where it will...
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