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December 29, 2012
The SunSaluter, an interview with the maker
Twenty year old Eden Full is the maker of SunSaluter, winner of the Mashable-UN Foundation Startups for Social Good Challenge. The SunSaluter uses the mechanical flow of water to control the rotation of a solar panel to meet the rays of the sun more optimally through the day, increasing efficiency […]
December 29, 2012
India: Solar Energy Technik, eyeing a huge turnover
Solar Energy Technik is the name of a social enterprise which have developed and manufactured their range of the Solar EcoLED lamps. These lamps combine the features of low watt high lumen LED lighting with state of the art solar to electrical energy converting LFP batteries. The enterprise is now […]
December 29, 2012
Bangladesh hits one million solar lamps
Bangladesh forms the model of solar adoption in developing countries as a report suggests that as many as 1000 SHSs or Solar Home Systems are installed in the country every day, decreasing the reliance on the main grid. Grameen Shakti, a company based out of Bangladesh has been pioneering this […]
December 29, 2012
How Somalis fight desertification using solar cookstoves
This post talks about how Muna Abikadir Muhiyadin, became an entrepreneur when she brought back from Stockholm about 50 solar cookstoves. These cookstoves, which are made of several mirrored panels set together, are the means of an enterprise for by buying stoves from China and transporting them to be sold […]
December 29, 2012
German solar ovens baking food in Mexico
German entrepreneur Gregor Schapers has designed a solar oven which work through large dish shaped solar panels. Each of these panels, or reflectors can cook for an approximate 60 people, while being kept under the sun. The entrepreneur, who has lived in Mexico since 2003 hopes that these ovens can […]
December 29, 2012
Africa’s clean cooking energy solutions, ACCES
Increased demand for fuel due to inefficient cookstoves puts a pressure both on the environment as well as women and children who must collect fuel. Fuel like charcoal is expensive as well. This has brought 120 stakeholders from 15 African countries to increase scale and access to clean cookstoves through […]
December 29, 2012
A new mobile app for clean cookstoves
A new mobile application has been developed which will be instrumental in the education regarding clean cookstoves and fuel tank usage by women. Read more, and a related video here.
December 29, 2012
South Africa seals deal for low cost ARVs
South Africa, the country with the largest HIV affected population announced that it was recently able to by anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs for the country at lowest prices. The country consumes as much as 21% of the world’s ARV market. Read more here.
December 29, 2012
Gates Foundation to grant US$21 million for global health
Through their programme Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are now going to put in a sum of US$21 million in seven projects from healthcare in the developing world. Read more here.
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