East
Africa

KENYA: CWSB will provide drinking water to several villages in Voi

RWANDA: AfDB finances Bboxx’s expansion in rural areas

ZAMBIA: EIB provides €5 million for drinking water and sanitation project

UGANDA: Major water and sanitation projects to serve Kampala

MALAWI: Droege to build solar floating power plant (20 MW) in Monkey Bay

KENYA: Four counties together invest $106 million in water and sanitation

KENYA: Aqua Advise and Systel intend investing in desalination in Turkana

KENYA: Young engineer develops solar refrigerator for improved food preservation

UGANDA: NWSC and Suez sign agreement for €120 million water and sanitation project

ETHIOPIA: EEP reactivates two turbines at Tekezé hydroelectric power plant

RWANDA: Government plans to invest $440 million for 3-year water supply project

UGANDA: Sinohydro to put Karuma dam into service by December 2019

ZIMBABWE: Plans construction of three 250MW solar power plants

RWANDA: $5 billion pilot sustainable city will emerge next to Kigali by 2020

KENYA: Kalpataru, Sieyuan and Nari will transport Olkaria’s geothermal energy

RWANDA: Morocco will contribute to strengthening radioprotection measures

TANZANIA: Dodoma calls on Kenya to stop damming projects on Mara River

KENYA: CDC Group invests $66 million in Malindi’s 52 MWp solar project

RWANDA: Culligan International activates two drinking water plants in Kigali

MADAGASCAR: Lemurs and habitat at risk of extinction

UGANDA: Nakasongola authorities launch reforestation programme

ZIMBABWE: DPA activates 466 kWp solar mini grid for Econet Wireless

MALAWI: Government wants to accelerate safe drinking water supply in Mulanje

ETHIOPIA: CGGC to commission Genale Dawa III Dam

ETHIOPIA: State will invest $1.8 billion in renewable energy transmission

Solar Africa 2019: Preparing for the sixth edition in Kenya

25-27 July Nairobi, Kenya

ZIMBABWE: ZINWA finally restores drinking water in Idai-affected areas

KENYA: Weeco Recycling will in partnership with Petco recycle plastic waste

Vedanta, to be sued in London for pollution by Zambia’s subsidiary

TANZANIA: Government provides $309 million for Stiegler’s Gorge hydroelectric project

ZAMBIA: Ngonye solar plant (34 MW) already operational

MALAWI: JCM issues tender for 20 MW solar park construction

TANZANIA: Ngozi geothermal power plant construction to start in 2021

AFRICA SOLAR: Kigali firmly awaits solar energy investors

Kigali, May, 23-25 2019

MALAWI: AfDB strengthens post-cyclone fight against climate change

KENYA: Nanchang Foreign initiates drinking water plant construction in Kimugu

KENYA: Towards government takeover of electronic waste

SEYCHELLES: Government and FAO invest $5 million in forest management and bioenergy

KENYA: Rerec announces 147 new solar power plants following Garissa’s success

EAST AFRICA: KawiSafi raises $70 million to expand solar off grid

KENYA: Jack Nyawanga recycles animal bones into jewellery

AFRICA: AFD and ANRU create “smart cities” network for 12 African cities

TANZANIA: CCECC provides water and sanitation to 50,000 people in Misungwi

ETHIOPIA: Tulu Moye Geothermal launches call for tenders on phase I of its project

ZIMBABWE: Labacorp Power, negotiating for 900 MW mega solar project

KENYA: Government launches drinking water and irrigation projects in Laikipia

MALAWI: IFC InfraVentures invests in Mpatamanga hydroelectric project

ETHIOPIA: Bill to encourage private investment in geothermal energy

KENYA: Equator Energy provides 1 MW mini solar power plant in Tatu City

KENYA: Zhejiang Kaishan to build Menengai III geothermal power plant

ZAMBIA: Three consortia selected for six solar projects under GET FiT programme

ZAMBIA: Engie’s first Power Corner inaugurated, in presence of executive committee

ZAMBIA/ZIMBABWE: Kariba dam rehabilitation in urgent progress

RWANDA: Government joins forces with China Bamboo to promote the product.

ZAMBIA: Xago and Blue Chip win $500 million contract for solar park

RWANDA: Sinohydro invests $214 million in Nyabarongo II dam construction

ERITREA: Solarcentury supplies two 2.25 MW hybrid mini-grids to EEC

RWANDA: Symbion Power invests $200 million in biogas power plant

KENYA: Government allocates $69 million for drinking water supply in Lamu and Garsen

KENYA: Kenya Breweries will reuse its wastewater in Kisumu

RWANDA: State invests €98 million in Muvumba’s multipurpose dam

KENYA: Schneider Electric launches containerised and assembled mini grids on site

UGANDA: Prepaid drinking water reaches Buikwe through community project

RWANDA: Kigali tries public-private partnership in the water sector

UGANDA: To relaunch 6.6 MW Nyagak hydroelectric project

MAURITIUS: Smart city Port-Louis, first African city where life’s good

KENYA: InfraCo Africa invests $2.2 million in two Gigawatt Global solar power plants

MALAWI/TANZANIA: Alliance for Songwe River Basin development

MALAWI: NRWB launches Karonga City drinking water supply project

KENYA: Livelihoods Carbon Fund investments increase to €8 million

ZAMBIA: Bangweulu’s solar park (54 MW) recently delivered by Neoen and IDC

ZIMBABWE: Sinohydro will build four water treatment plants for $237 million in Harare

TANZANIA: Eurus Energy invests $10 million in Winlab and Miombo Hewani wind farm

KENYA: Kenwind obtains authorisation for $210 million investment in Lamu wind project

SOUTHERN SUDAN: Aptech Africa offers containerised solar mini-grids

KENYA: Tax incentives for biodegradable packaging to be introduced soon

KENYA: KenGen will commission Olkaria V geothermal power plant in June 2019

KENYA: GRMF injects $13 million into Baringo-Silali geothermal project

KENYA: National Bank partners with Impact Water to provide drinking water for schools

AFRICA: Sida invests $50 million to develop solar kits in three countries

MALAWI: Egenco to produce 20 MW of solar energy via call for tenders

ZIMBABWE: Government issues call for tenders for DWSP near Harare

TANZANIA: Jumeme will supply 11 hybrid mini-grids to islands in Lake Victoria

AFRICA: BBOXX raises €6 million via crowd funding, the highest ever on solar energy

UGANDA: EAIF and PIDG invest $27 million in Kikagati hydroelectric project

KENYA: UK Aid Direct finances community recycling project near Nairobi

ZAMBIA/ZIMBABWE: Three companies competing for Batoka Gorge project

ETHIOPIA: KenGen and Shandong Kerui win 70 MW geothermal drilling contract

SAHEL: States adopt Climate Investment Plan of about $400 billion

KENYA: AstraZeneca and CISL start up 50 biogas digesters

TANZANIA: Five game reserves officially transformed into national parks

KENYA: Sinohydro’s Nzoia irrigation project interrupted by displaced residents

ETHIOPIA: Welenchiti City acquires water supply and sanitation system

RWANDA: Volkswagen intends launching electric vehicles on the market

ETHIOPIA: ECWC commissions Gidabo Irrigation Dam

KENYA: Boreal Light to build 19 solar powered desalination units

ETHIOPIA: CGGC invests $40 million in Grand Renaissance hydroelectric project

KENYA: KenGen to increase Ngong Hills wind farm capacity by 10 MW

KENYA: Vr and Woima plan to produce electricity and biogas from waste

KENYA: Innova to invest $40 million for insulation panel manufacturing plant

UGANDA: 24 MW Kabulasoke solar park commissioned by Xsabo and GLAE

ETHIOPIA: Eden seeks new partners to continue country’s reforestation

TANZANIA: Solar energy to facilitate irrigation in Meru

UGANDA: AFD invests €270 million in two water and sanitation projects

KENYA: Government wants to strengthen wetlands protection

TANZANIA: Government invests $8.7 million in Ngozi geothermal project

KENYA: Government plans to build drinking water plant in Mandera

TANZANIA: Sugar-cane plantation to be transformed into reserve, soon

EASTERN AFRICA: GEF funds Lake Victoria sanitation project

KENYA: Canadian PWRDF and local association UDO bring water to villages

UGANDA: CWE commissions 183.2 MW Isimba hydroelectric dam

ZAMBIA: Six farmers join forces to build Luombwa dam

KENYA: AGL will take over drilling for Akiira geothermal project

UGANDA: Egypt funds Kariba invasive grass control project

RWANDA: Climate and greenhouse gas control laboratory launched

ETHIOPIA: Government issues bids to install 798 MW of solar power

AFRICA: One Planet Summit to be held in Nairobi for the first time

Nairobi, 14th March 2019

MADAGASCAR: Successful ecological fertiliser made from bat droppings

TANZANIA: Construction of Stiegler’s Gorge Dam to begin in June 2019

EAST AFRICA: Companies that supply the solar mini-grid market

ETHIOPIA: Gidabo dam to be commissioned in a few days

Uganda: Government reaches out to investors to boost green economy

KENYA: Government to invest $491 million to facilitate access to water

KENYA: UNDP launches $4 million project for biodiversity conservation

SOLAR MINI-GRID: AIIM finances Bboxx projects in Central and East Africa

KENYA: IHE Delft installs smart toilets in Nairobi

Kenya: Solar cow to light up Africa and school goers

KENYA: Disposing waste in the environment could be punishable by imprisonment

KENYA: After Addis Ababa, Nairobi will incinerate waste and produce electricity

MOZAMBIQUE: How agriculture has become resistant to climate change

EAST AFRICA: SMA relies on Davis & Shirtliff to distribute inverters

SEYCHELLES: New 5 MW solar park to be built in Romainville

KENYA: Voltalia to build 40 MW solar park in Eldoret for Alten Africa

KENYA: Will Majik Water win the 2019 prize from Royal Academy of Engineering?

KENYA: SERC tackles Nairobi’s air pollution, using solar tricycles

KENYA: GE Renewable Energy and GE EFS to build Kipeto wind farm

KENYA: Almar Water and Aqua Swiss to Build Desalination Plants in Mombasa

TANZANIA: Zola Electric Gets $35 Million to Finance Projects

BURUNDI: Towards Phase 2 of Virtuous and Profitable Landscape Restoration Project

KENYA: Azuri Partners with Unilever to Provide Mini-Grids in Rural Areas

MADAGASCAR: Women at solar school, from March 2019, to equip households

RWANDA: AfDB approves major drinking water and sanitation works

KENYA: Elephants and rhinos gradually escape the claws of poaching

KENYA: How government reforested more than 14,000 hectares of forest in 9 years

KENYA: AfDB approves Phase II of Nairobi Sanitation Programme

AFRICA: Coca-Cola invests $38 billion for plastic waste recycling

MALAWI: Construction works launched, for Kanzimbe solar power plant

UGANDA: Climate change adaptation plan for agriculture adopted

SOMALIA: Somaliland government provides service for drinking water project

KENYA: Eburru inhabitants collect drinking water from geysers

AFRICA: AfDB trains African journalists at COP24, on climate issues

KENYA: AfDB and CIF to Invest in Voltalia’s Kopere solar project

RWANDA: 5th most attractive country for investment in green energy

AFRICA: Three actors in energy sector awarded by EDF

UGANDA: Tiger Power to supply energy to 300 homes and businesses in Kyenjojo

RWANDA: GEF to invest $7 million, with priority given to sustainable cities projects

ETHIOPIA: Xylem to invest in securing access to drinking water

ETHIOPIA: AWIEF honours Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, queen of ecological shoes

KENYA: EkoRent embarks on electric taxi in Nairobi, like Uber

RWANDA: GGGI and country prepare programme for green cities’ development

KENYA: Geothermics, a boon for farmers in Nakuru County

COOPERATION: Kenya and the Netherlands join forces to develop geothermal energy

RWANDA: Forum on green finance for a more resilient Africa

26-30 november 2018, Kigali

TANZANIA: Dar es Salaam sets up sludge treatment plant

KENYA: AfDB refinances Thwake River Dam project

ZAMBIA: Government allocates $40 million for drinking water project in Luapula

SEYCHELLES: SPS commissions largest solar off-grid in archipelago

UGANDA: AFD grants €270 million loan for drinking water and sanitation

KENYA: ATI agency insures Actis’s wind project in Kipeto against unpaid bills

KENYA: EWASCO to inaugurate new sanitation system in Embu come January 2019

ETHIOPIA: Mannvit and Verkís, consultants on Tulu Moye geothermal project

KENYA: Cyrq Energy wants to invest $300 million for 330 MW of geothermal energy in Su

KENYA: Wartsila to build two solar parks for two private producers

TANZANIA: Arab Contractors and Elsewedy to build Stiegler’s Gorge dam

KENYA: East Africa’s first solar airport will open in 2019

ETHIOPIA: Xuzhou Construction inaugurates 41 water tanks for Goleba Qulito village

RWANDA: Ampersand to market electric motorcycles for transport in Kigali

MALAWI: AfDB and ADF finance a $15 million water and sanitation project

EASTERN AFRICA: GRMF finance 7 geothermal projects with a total of $28 million

ZIMBABWE: Soventix to supply 22 MW from the Harava solar park

MALAWI: 600 farmers get a solar-powered irrigation system

KENYA: Renewvia commissions two mini grids for two islands on Lake Victoria

BURUNDI: CMC and Orascom to build two 49.5 MW hydroelectric power plants

ZIMBABWE: Tesla electric car gets country’s attention

AFRICA SOLAR: After Kenya and Tanzania, exhibition to be held in Ethiopia

March 21st 2019 - Addis Abeba

UGANDA: Country wants to produce 100 MW of geothermal energy by 2025

ZIMBABWE: High school student Macdonald Chirara lights up rural areas using waste

KENYA: Lake Turkana wind farm turbines produce first megawatts

EASTERN AFRICA: Coca-Cola embarks on recycling to escape the law.

KENYA: CCCC will pump potable water from aquifer for residents of Kajiado County

UGANDA: Fenix International, solar energy company, moves from the USA to Uganda

MALAWI: Public electricity company at geothermal school in Kenya

AFRICA: €44 billion from EU for renewable energy in sub-Saharan Africa

TANZANIA: Ngozi’s geothermal project will require a $821 million investment

TANZANIA: Country seeks investors in renewable energies

KENYA: Dysmus Kisilu increases agricultural yields with solar energy

MOZAMBIQUE: Towards new 100 MW solar park, north-east of the country

ZAMBIA: China National Complete will provide drinking water to 1 million people

KENYA: Overview of first African Partnership Platform for the Environment

KENYA: NEPAD, African Union agency, rolls out red carpet to Morocco

KENYA: Ecopost manufactures building materials from plastic waste

ZIMBABWE: Gombe Power, Tugwi, Kefalos and Triangle Solar want to supply 160 MW

DJIBOUTI: Relies on geothermal energy to increase country’s energy independence

TANZANIA: World Bank finances electricity, water and sanitation

UGANDA: Vodokanal to manage Ugandan water and waste after St Petersburg

ETHIOPIA: USTDA funds feasibility study for Tulu Moye geothermal project

KENYA: Fuji Electric will build Unit 6 of Olkaria I geothermal power plant

KENYA: Mombasa threatened by thirst plans to also desalinate seawater

RWANDA: Clarke Energy to supply 25 gas engines for two power plants

NIGERIA: Start-up Recycle Points wins $30,000 at Open Mic Africa Summit

UGANDA: CWE delays in Isimba hydroelectric dam construction

KENYA: Kaiho Sangyo to take advantage of growth market and recycle cars in Meru

TANZANIA: State and AfDB provide $232 Million for Water and Sanitation in Arusha

TANZANIA: Tourism encourages protection of 5.2 million hectares of forest by 2030

UGANDA: Indian government invests $200 million in energy and irrigation

UGANDA: Chinese Sinohydro to deliver Karuma hydroelectric dam in 2019

MADAGASCAR: USA invests $45 million in marine biodiversity conservation

AFRICA: Positive outcome of symposium on greening of justice systems

KENYA: Korea Western Power to build Menengai geothermal power plant

AFRICA: Global Landscape Forum to be held in Kenya in August 2018

29-30 august, 2018 - Nairobi

MOZAMBIQUE: De Beers and Peace Parks move 200 elephants from South Africa

ZAMBIA: AfDB needs consultants to launch five renewable energy projects of 20 MW each

AFRICA: COMESA’s solution for private investment in renewable energies

KENYA: Japanese Meiwa transforms waste into biochar fertiliser for the soil

KENYA: EDF acquires a share in Sunculture and targets Off-Grid in East Africa

UGANDA: SN Power acquires SGBH’s shares in the Bujagali power plant

KENYA: $6.9 million for water and sanitation in the Naivasha industrial park

KENYA: 8% reduction in electricity rates thanks to renewable energies

TANZANIA: Positive tourism figures for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

UGANDA: AfDB Releases $62 Million for Water and Sanitation in 10 Cities

KENYA: Africa Plantation Capital to supply bamboo biomass to Bidco Africa

ZIMBABWE: Authorities intend to reactivate Batoka Gorge mega hydroelectric project

MADAGASCAR: SN Power and Africa50 to back up the Volobe hydroelectric project

MAURITIUS: Vantage Capital invests $10 million in “Smart Village” in Cap Tamarin

KENYA: Garissa solar power plant will be commissioned in September 2018

ZAMBIA: AfDB and GCF help diversify energy mix

MALAWI: Sanitation infrastructure for 40,000 women thanks to Amref

MAURITIUS: Solar-powered desalination plant inaugurated in Rodrigues

MAURITIUS: Médine and Akuo build a 17.5 MW photovoltaic park in Henrietta

KENYA: Off-grid energy for 150,000 people thanks to Azuri Technologies

KENYA: Farmers to benefit from Davis & Shirtliff irrigation system

KENYA: Francis Muriithi earns money by recycling plastic waste

ZAMBIA: €34 million financing agreement between Enel and IDC for a solar power plant

ETHIOPIA: AFD supports Electric Power’s geothermal project in Tendalho

UGANDA: NWSC to inaugurate largest wastewater treatment plant

TANZANIA: Towards the creation of 5 new parks

UGANDA: Sogea Satom to build water treatment plant for $96 million

The World Bank through its International Development Assistance Program has validated

MADAGASCAR: Baobab+ and MVola join forces to mix solar energy and mobile banking

ZIMBABWE: Econet installs solar energy for auto- consumption at its headquarters

KENYA: Quantum’s Menengai Geothermal Project Receives $49 Million Loan

AEF: Mauritius hosts Africa Energy Forum and sets sights on renewable energies

19-22 june, 2018 - Port-Louis

KENYA: Alternative Energy Systems manufactures diesel from plastic waste

RWANDA: €10 million for access to renewable energy in refugee camps

MAURITIUS: Government multiplies initiatives to develop its smart cities

KENYA: Kenergy Renewables wins major sales contract with the State

KENYA: Sistema.bio to equip small farmers with bio digesters

KENYA: Samuel Karumba makes a “zero pollution” car that covers 50 km

UGANDA: Netherlands relaunches Wash Water Sanitation Programme

KENYA: AstraZeneca and CISL to supply biogas to local populations

KENYA: Voltalia to run the 50 MW Kopere solar power plant

KENYA: $25.8 million from the World Bank to support water management projects

TANZANIA: Selous nature reserve to be razed to produce electricity

RWANDA: From environmental aficionado to internationally recognized entrepreneur

MADAGASCAR: Planting mangroves to improve fishermen’s activity

ZIMBABWE: Chinese Sinosteel to build 400 MW hydroelectric plant

DJIBOUTI: AfDB Lends $15 Million for Construction of Geothermal Power Plant

TANZANIA: When plastic waste becomes filament for 3D printer

TANZANIA: Edgar Edmun Tarimo (17), pro of plastic waste recycling

ZIMBABWE: Renovation of Kariba South dam secures electricity supply

SEYCHELLES: The first floating solar panels in Africa, to be installed

ETHIOPIA: $56 million from the diaspora for the Renaissance Dam

ETHIOPIA: Morocco will train stakeholders in water management in Africa

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