The Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) has called on governments to complement the efforts of the private sector by funding renewable energy projects to achieve the target of 11000 gigawatts of installed clean energy by 2030. This year marks exactly 6 years until 2030 but only less than half of the targeted amount of gigawatts of […]
Africa needs $1 trillion to fund ambitious single electricity market
Africa needed to raise $1 trillion to achieve Africa Union’s flagship project for an African Single Electricity Market (AfSEM) by 2040, Amani Abou-Zeid, the Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the AU Commission, said yesterday. Amani Abou-Zeid was talking on the sidelines of the 14th Assembly of International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) convention last week […]
IRENA: Global Renewables Alliance launches Global Time For Action campaign
The Global Time For Action campaign was launched by the Global Renewables Alliance on Tuesday at the 14th Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in a call to fast-track the delivery of renewable energy. Global Renewables Alliance CEO Bruce Douglas said the launch of this campaign followed […]
World Renewable Energy Legislators Converge in Abu Dhabi for the IRENA 14th Assembly
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) 14th Assembly kicks off tomorrow in Abu Dhabi, from 17-18 April 2024. The meetings, presided over by Rwanda, will gather more than 1,300 participants from 144 countries, including Ministers, industry leaders, and CEOs to chart a strategic way forward across countries, regions, and the world, in light of the […]
Climate Action Africa Announces Inaugural Climate Action Forum 2024
On Friday, March 22, 2024, Grace Oluchi Mbah, the co-founder and executive director at Climate Action Africa, announced the launch of the Climate Action Africa Forum 2024 (CAAF24). With a profound sense of purpose and a deep acknowledgment of the pressing challenges posed by climate change, the Forum aims to galvanize collective action towards safeguarding […]
Solar Power in Nigeria: Lighting the Way, Managing the Waste
“Up Solar, Up Solar.” These were the euphoric chants of Mafolabomi who runs a small provision store in Igbonla community along the coast in Ilaje LGA in Ondo state. The community, which has never been connected to the national grid, had depended on fossil fuel generators, candles, firewood, and kerosene lanterns for a long time. […]
LIDA Network Hosts X Space to Educate the Public on Financial Freedom
To educate Nigerians on how to sail through the shackle of economic hardship in the country, given the current inflation figures at 29.90% , LIDA Network organized a webinar on financial freedom in a bid to help citizens identify alternative means to grow and preserve their earnings… In recent times in Nigeria, the path to […]
Africa Boiling: The Climate Crisis in Africa
The looming environmental crisis in Africa, driven by the relentless march of climate change, has been brought into sharp focus by a recent study conducted by economist Philip Kofi Adom. The findings paint a bleak picture, forecasting a decline in agricultural production, an increase in poverty, and a significant economic downturn if global warming is […]
LIDA Network Trains Journalists on Impact-Driven African Stories
LIDA Network, Kenya, last Saturday, February 17, trained African journalists on how to tell impact-driven African stories and elements not to miss out on while telling such stories. The webinar, which took place on Google Zoom and was themed “Telling Impact Driven African Stories: Elements Never to Miss Out,” was facilitated by an award-winning journalist, Kunle […]
Youth-Led Innovations Pave the Way for Climate Solutions in Kenya
Rows of collard greens, onions, and tomatoes rise out of the rich black soil. Not far away, the leaves of nutrient-rich black nightshade and amaranth fan toward the sun alongside spindly tree seedlings in a plot that covers about a fifth of an acre. This garden in the village of Kasese, Muhoroni Constituency, Kisumu County, […]