Al-Shabaab Is Escalating Its Assault on U.S. Forces in Africa
Credit to Author: Tim Hume| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:01:05 +0000
Three Americans were killed in the jihadist group’s first successful attack on U.S. forces in Kenya.
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Kenya’s Online Artisan Food Store GreenSpoon Adds Nissan e-NV200, 50% Of Deliveries Now Fulfilled By Electric Vehicle
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 02:18:19 +0000
GreenSpoon, Kenya’s first artisan online food store, has added the Nissan e-NV 200 to its fleet of delivery vehicles. It has partnered with Drivelectric, Kenya’s e-mobility solution provider, to electrify its fleet of delivery vehicles
POWER Digest [December 2019]
Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000
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Israeli Group Supports Construction of 1.3-GW Gas-Fired Plant. The Israeli National Infrastructure Committee on Nov. 4 approved a plan to build Israel’s largest privately run power plant, saying the facility
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Read moreAll Electric Taxi-Hailing Service Nopia Looks To Scale Up In Kenya
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:48:33 +0000
Nopia Ride, a taxi-hailing service that only uses electric cars is scaling up operations in Kenya. Nopia ran a pilot phase from August 2018 to March 2019. Three used Nissan Leafs imported from Japan and the United Kingdom were used in the pilot program. The pilot phase allowed the company to test its business case and showcase the business plan to potential investors with real trip data to validate its case
EV Conversions Go Mainstream in Kenya
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:00:02 +0000
Efficient mass transit systems that reduce the number of private vehicles on the streets should be the preferred solution in the quest to reduce congestion and emissions in Africa’s growing cities. In most African cities, informal operators are the backbone of the urban commuter network, servicing urban commuter routes with 14- to 35-seater minibuses and motorcycle taxis known as Boda Bodas
Will South Africa Build Electric Vehicles?
Credit to Author: David Zarembka| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 21:30:05 +0000
Like Germany is to Europe, South Africa is the manufacturing powerhouse of sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, it has 8 automobile assembly plants. The companies are BMW, Ford, Isuzu, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, and Volkswagen. In 2018, South Africa produced 610,854 vehicles
Africa’s Oil Curse, the Example of Nigeria
Credit to Author: David Zarembka| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:10:43 +0000
CleanTechnica has been running a number of articles on little noted negative aspects of gas/diesel vehicles. These include hundreds of US deaths annually from carbon monoxide poisoning, oil refinery explosions, 137 US oil spills last year, what to do with old oil tankers, and the 150 gas/diesel car fires daily in the US. A common concept in Africa that is not noticed in the United States or other parts of the world is what in Africa is called “Africa’s Oil Curse.”
Two New Coal Plants Cancelled In Botswana
Credit to Author: David Zarembka| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 22:28:14 +0000
While the battle against coal-generated electricity is progressing nicely in the United States, Europe, South Korea, and even to a certain extent Japan, China, and India, the coal companies in some of those countries continue to have their sights on building more coal plants in Africa. Therefore, it is good news to learn that two Japanese banks, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and the Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), have withdrawn their support to finance two new 150 MW coal plants in Botswana, MorupuleB V and VI. The two coal plants were to be built by the Japanese company, Marubeni, in a joint venture with the South Korean firm, Posco Energy
POWER Digest—September 2019
Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:00:00 +0000
Kenya Launches Africa’s Largest Wind Farm. Kenya in July began operating the 310-MW Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) facility, which the government said is Africa’s largest wind power farm. The LTWP project
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Read moreEast African Countries Seek The Right Energy Mix: The Heavy Task Of Choosing One’s Path
Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:00:59 +0000
Kenya taps most of its energy needs from dams built between 1970 and early the ’80s along Tana River, the country’s biggest river. Several other dams built on other rivers bring the total installed hydropower capacity to 743 MW, which makes up more than half of the country’s power sources