• Home
  • Contact Us
Sunday, August 7, 2022
  • Login
Rave Online News
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • World
    Pan African Digital Rights Bodies Laud Kenya Government’s Decision not to Shut Down the Internet

    Pan African Digital Rights Bodies Laud Kenya Government’s Decision not to Shut Down the Internet

    Facebook Tops Most Restricted Social Media Apps List

    Facebook Tops Most Restricted Social Media Apps List

    Police Investigates Alleged POWA Shops’ Fraud

    IGP Takes Action Against Illegal Possession Of Police Uniforms , Accoutrememts

    Ad Dynamo by Aleph Group Launches Free Digital Academy

    Digital Inequality is a Major Threat to Africa’s Economic Future 

    Unity Bank Corpreneurship Challenge: Delta, Rivers Corps Members Listed to Benefit from N10m Business Grant

    Unity Bank Posts N27B Gross Earnings in H1’22 Records 23% Growth in PAT

    CDHR Demands Immediate Probe Of 21 Kids Rescued From Jos Church

    CDHR Decries Judge’s Conviction of Human Right Lawyer to One Month in Prison, Describes it as Unfair

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Tech
    • All
    • Apps
    • Gadget
    • Startup
    Pantami Reaffirms FG’s Commitment to Indigenous Telecom Content; As Danbatta Lauds Efforts

    Pantami Reaffirms FG’s Commitment to Indigenous Telecom Content; As Danbatta Lauds Efforts

    NCC Restates Commitment to Fund Research as VCs Attend Roundtable

    NCC Restates Commitment to Fund Research as VCs Attend Roundtable

    Etex Nigeria Launches App to Bridge Gap Between Distributors and End Users

    Etex Nigeria Launches App to Bridge Gap Between Distributors and End Users

    Five Facts About The Metaverse You Need to Know

    Five Facts About The Metaverse You Need to Know

    Startup Ecosystem: DG NITDA Engages Key Stakeholders in Lagos

    Startup Ecosystem: DG NITDA Engages Key Stakeholders in Lagos

    MTN Launches Home Broadband Services

    MTN Launches Home Broadband Services

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Movie
    • Music
    Modella Wins First BBNaija Showmax Task

    Modella Wins First BBNaija Showmax Task

    7 Must-Watch Programmes to Catch up on this Week on GOtv

    7 Must-Watch Programmes to Catch up on this Week on GOtv

    Hermes Becomes Second BBNaija Level Up Head of House

    Hermes Becomes Second BBNaija Level Up Head of House

    MultiChoice Launches New DStv Channel, News Central

    MultiChoice Launches New DStv Channel, News Central

    Big Brother Naija Adds Two New Housemates to Level up Season

    Big Brother Naija Adds Two New Housemates to Level up Season

    Shoot Your Shot Ep 6: Tech Bro, David Misses The Code of His Lady Love’s Heart

    Shoot Your Shot Ep 6: Tech Bro, David Misses The Code of His Lady Love’s Heart

  • Sports
  • Politics
  • Business
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • World
    Pan African Digital Rights Bodies Laud Kenya Government’s Decision not to Shut Down the Internet

    Pan African Digital Rights Bodies Laud Kenya Government’s Decision not to Shut Down the Internet

    Facebook Tops Most Restricted Social Media Apps List

    Facebook Tops Most Restricted Social Media Apps List

    Police Investigates Alleged POWA Shops’ Fraud

    IGP Takes Action Against Illegal Possession Of Police Uniforms , Accoutrememts

    Ad Dynamo by Aleph Group Launches Free Digital Academy

    Digital Inequality is a Major Threat to Africa’s Economic Future 

    Unity Bank Corpreneurship Challenge: Delta, Rivers Corps Members Listed to Benefit from N10m Business Grant

    Unity Bank Posts N27B Gross Earnings in H1’22 Records 23% Growth in PAT

    CDHR Demands Immediate Probe Of 21 Kids Rescued From Jos Church

    CDHR Decries Judge’s Conviction of Human Right Lawyer to One Month in Prison, Describes it as Unfair

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Tech
    • All
    • Apps
    • Gadget
    • Startup
    Pantami Reaffirms FG’s Commitment to Indigenous Telecom Content; As Danbatta Lauds Efforts

    Pantami Reaffirms FG’s Commitment to Indigenous Telecom Content; As Danbatta Lauds Efforts

    NCC Restates Commitment to Fund Research as VCs Attend Roundtable

    NCC Restates Commitment to Fund Research as VCs Attend Roundtable

    Etex Nigeria Launches App to Bridge Gap Between Distributors and End Users

    Etex Nigeria Launches App to Bridge Gap Between Distributors and End Users

    Five Facts About The Metaverse You Need to Know

    Five Facts About The Metaverse You Need to Know

    Startup Ecosystem: DG NITDA Engages Key Stakeholders in Lagos

    Startup Ecosystem: DG NITDA Engages Key Stakeholders in Lagos

    MTN Launches Home Broadband Services

    MTN Launches Home Broadband Services

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Movie
    • Music
    Modella Wins First BBNaija Showmax Task

    Modella Wins First BBNaija Showmax Task

    7 Must-Watch Programmes to Catch up on this Week on GOtv

    7 Must-Watch Programmes to Catch up on this Week on GOtv

    Hermes Becomes Second BBNaija Level Up Head of House

    Hermes Becomes Second BBNaija Level Up Head of House

    MultiChoice Launches New DStv Channel, News Central

    MultiChoice Launches New DStv Channel, News Central

    Big Brother Naija Adds Two New Housemates to Level up Season

    Big Brother Naija Adds Two New Housemates to Level up Season

    Shoot Your Shot Ep 6: Tech Bro, David Misses The Code of His Lady Love’s Heart

    Shoot Your Shot Ep 6: Tech Bro, David Misses The Code of His Lady Love’s Heart

  • Sports
  • Politics
  • Business
No Result
View All Result
Rave Online News
No Result
View All Result
Home News

CNN’s Connecting Africa explores pan-African renewable energy projects

Raveonlinenews by Raveonlinenews
March 17, 2021
in News
0
CNN’s Connecting Africa explores pan-African renewable energy projects
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsApp

In the latest episode of Connecting Africa, CNN International’s Eleni Giokos explores why Africa’s investment in renewable energy projects is so important for pan-African business growth.

Electrification is seen as key in driving economic growth across Africa. But with only 43% of the continent connected to electricity, finding ways to secure and propel the continent towards energy independence means finding sustainable solutions.

Chiboni Evans, CEO of the South African Electrotechnical Export Council, argues that without electrification it will be difficult to increase intra-African trade. She tells Giokos, “You cannot trade, you cannot manufacture goods and services unless you’ve got the power to power your factories. Even in terms of supply chains, you’re talking using the internet, you’re using digital supply chains. You need the internet. That also needs electricity. So, without electrification, we cannot do anything.”

The next step is to get more big businesses to buy into renewable energy. GridX Africa founder Chalker Kansteiner is using his Nairobi based company to develop cleaner ways to power the commercial sector, “I think there’s large scale industries which are looking at updating their way of doing business, and so I think as there becomes greater confidence in the ability for renewable energy to deliver these sort of quite intense industrial loads, with power, the mining and oil and gas industry will increasingly adopt renewable energy, because it’s lower cost and because they now have confidence in its ability to meet its needs.”

GridX Africa offers solar energy solutions across the continent – from construction and agriculture, to tourism and healthcare. Kansteiner says that deals like the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement stand to aid the expansion of other renewable energy projects across the continent, “To the extent that we could see a continent wide free trade agreement, the application would be much broader.

“And so, we have projects in Liberia and Ghana, which would greatly benefit from being able to have imports from our East African projects and from our East African capacity. I think with that in mind distributed power is a huge opportunity for Africa to be a leader.”

Another key player is hydroelectric power. In Kenya’s Muranga County, the programme meets the people behind Magiro Mini Hydro Power. Business Advisor and Director Thomas Poelmans discusses why the concept works well, “We’re basically using the force of the river, and falling from a higher point to a lower point, harnessing that kinetic energy, and transforming it to electric energy. And in Muranga County, in the greater Mount Kenya region actually, Muranga County is so hilly that it has the potential to power about 55% of all of Kenya.”

Magiro is currently operating an off-grid renewable energy system but hopes to develop its first on-grid power plant. Poelmans explains, “We are developing the first on grid power plant that will be providing power to the national electricity grid, and that one will produce power for 15,000 people.”

A further area attracting major funding is the development of wind farms. Ntombifuthi Ntuli, CEO of the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), says that wind power is an underused resource across the continent, “There’s a lot of untapped potential, not just in South Africa, but in the whole continent. And the industry is looking forward to actually turning that into power, to power Africa.”

By investing in wind turbines and the engineers and technicians needed to develop, build, and maintain the technology, South Africa has created jobs. Ntuli says these workers and their skills are valued across the world, “The wind turbine technicians that we are training in the country are actually now finding jobs throughout the world, because we have created that capacity, we’re now able to export it to other countries.”

At the Tsitsikamma Community Wind Farm, Giokos meets Danie Du Plessis, CEO of Cennergi. He talks about the importance of including local communities in renewable energy projects, “Employing local labour during both the construction and in the operations phase is very, very important. We have to give back. You cannot do this alone. You have to take the community along. They are part of this business, they are shareholders in the company, they are beneficiaries of the community work that we do.”

Du Plessis says that he sees growth throughout the industry, and he highlights the key projects that will impact renewable energy’s future across the continent, “There are already very good opportunities and fantastic facilities up in Africa. Kenya, Senegal have some very big wind farms. And then Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, you’ve got these massive solar plants and massive wind plants going up. We’ve got good sun, we’ve got lots of wind, and it’s ready to be harnessed.”

Related

Tags: CNN International’s Eleni Giokos
Previous Post

9mobile Applauds Nigerian Women, Calls for More Inclusion on Int’l Women’s Day

Next Post

IBM Cloud Satellite Enables Clients to Deliver Cloud Securely in Any Environment Including at the Edge

Raveonlinenews

Raveonlinenews

Next Post
IBM Cloud Satellite Enables Clients to Deliver Cloud Securely in Any Environment Including at the Edge

IBM Cloud Satellite Enables Clients to Deliver Cloud Securely in Any Environment Including at the Edge

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ad

Recent News

Tottenham and Southampton Go Head-to-Head on DStv, GOtv

Tottenham and Southampton Go Head-to-Head on DStv, GOtv

August 6, 2022
FirstBank Rewards Customer with Car in Verve Card Campaign Finale Promo

FirstBank Rewards Customer with Car in Verve Card Campaign Finale Promo

August 5, 2022
Pantami Reaffirms FG’s Commitment to Indigenous Telecom Content; As Danbatta Lauds Efforts

Pantami Reaffirms FG’s Commitment to Indigenous Telecom Content; As Danbatta Lauds Efforts

August 5, 2022
NCC Restates Commitment to Fund Research as VCs Attend Roundtable

NCC Restates Commitment to Fund Research as VCs Attend Roundtable

August 5, 2022

Popular Posts

  • How MTN is Improving Broadband Penetration in Nigeria

    Five Things to Know About MTN’s Fibre-to-the-Home Service

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • How SHAREit Lite is Reshaping File Management and Sharing Process on Mobiles for Young Nigerians

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • MTN Alleges N22Bn Fraud on Mobile Money Banking

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • MTN Targets Nigerian Businesses with New Premium Wi-Fi

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Nadia Buari Unveils Van Vicker as Father of Her Four Daughters

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Browse by Category

Search this site

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Contact Us

© 2022 Rave News - Crafted with ❤️ by Claridan - Adsvance Digitals.

No Result
View All Result
  • Contact Us
  • News
  • Metro
  • Tech
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Business
  • E-Financial
  • Entertainment

© 2022 Rave News - Crafted with ❤️ by Claridan - Adsvance Digitals.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In