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January 7, 2013
The global garbage crisis – no time to waste
According to delegates gathered in the biennium conference for UNEP hosted Global Partnership on Waste Management (GPMW), there is an eminent threat of waste collection and management, especially in the developing countries where waste collection rates are often below 50 per cent. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
Panasonic to ‘regain markets’ by launching solar lanterns in the developing world
Panasonic is soon to make a change in its strategies by shifting focus to eco-technologies with the aim of capturing markets in the developing world through a range of solar lanterns to be launched early next year. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
How M-KOPA’s solar technology helps Africa
M-KOPA’s solar based phone charging systems integrate a number of innovative principles which could potentially open up a whole new market. They have SIM chips integrated into their bases, which will turn off the machines if the users have not paid periodically. The service is then started at a fraction […]
January 7, 2013
Solar lights up the developing world
This post gives an overview of a number of initiatives in many developing countries, using solar power as a means to development. Solar lanterns and home systems bring light to majorities of the population in these countries, and betters their economic prospects as well as their health, and can arguably […]
January 7, 2013
How to light Africa within a decade
While there are all technologies available in the world to ensure that every house that wants modern lighting options, instead of kerosene, will have it, there is one major barrier – access to finance, for both social enterprises, as well as end beneficiaries. Results based finance has been suggested as […]
January 7, 2013
GACC announces more than US$2 million in funds for innovation and entrepreneurs
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves recently announced more than US$2 million in grants for innovation and funding for entrepreneurs in this sector. This will be done through two funds called the Spark Fund, and the Pilot Innovation Fund. The Spark Fund will support innovative social enterprises, and the Pilot […]
January 7, 2013
Cooking smoke kills thousands in Africa
In SSA (sub-Saharan Africa), almost half a million people die due to the smoke produced from cooking on inefficient cookstoves. The Global Burden of Disease Study states that while risk of death from household air pollution has fallen between 1990 and 2010, it remains the second biggest risk factor in […]
January 7, 2013
‘Chulha’ smoke dangerous for Indian women and children
According to the first ever study on global diseases burden, The Global Burden of Disease Study by the British medical journal, The Lancet, smoke from inefficient cookstoves have risen on the risks to health list between 1990 and 2010. It is now the biggest risk factor for the health of […]
January 7, 2013
Uganda leads the way to opening up carbon finance for suppliers of clean cookstoves in Africa
The Uganda Bureau of Carbon (UBC) will now have a separate programme called ICSEA (Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa) which will make things easy for organizations in Africa supplying clean cookstoves. It currently covers Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, and will soon be extended out to South Africa and Lesotho […]
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