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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

TechCrunch

Countries like South Sudan, Burundi, Chad, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Tanzania are among some of the least electrified countries in the world, and could benefit from clean energy from solar or wind. And the Nigerian mini-grid policy is actually based on those policies, with additional improvements.

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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

Tech Soup

but he was also integral to the development of TechSoup's own refurbished computers program. The organization's Clic Vert program is a French West African digital inclusion project that supplies refurbished phones and PCs to people who need them and also develops recycling capacity in the region. spanhidden.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

Have Fun - Do Good

Coming from a background in developing and implementing programs, it was a challenge to shift to the operations side of the non-profit world. Since then, the network has grown to include hundreds of members residing in the UK, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, China, and Canada.

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