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BYD Partners With Pilatus Motors To Launch Several Models In Zambia!

September 16, 2024 admin africa, byd, clean transport, Electric vehicles, zambia

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:55:51 +0000

It’s good news for Zambia, as BYD has just launched in the country, giving Zambians an opportunity to buy some of the latest electric vehicles from one of the world’s largest electric vehicle firms. BYD has partnered with Pilatus to launch several models there. It seems like we get news … [continued]

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The Regional Electricity Crisis Should Be Higher Up On The Agenda For Southern African Heads of Government: Part 2

August 23, 2024 admin africa, clean power, eskom, grid, hydroelectric, Kenya, rooftop solar, Solar energy, South Africa, tanzania, zambia, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:05:01 +0000

There was a big summit for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) over the past weekend in Harare, Zimbabwe. It was the 44th edition of this summit, with heads of state for 13 out of the 16 member states attending. The SADC website states “The mission of SADC is to … [continued]

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This Alarming Southern Africa Agriculture Statistic Should Spring Regional Leaders Into Decisive Action

August 18, 2024 admin africa, Agriculture, climate change, drought, El Niño, Food security, Malawi, Water, zambia, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:25:50 +0000

There is a serious drought currently affecting a number of countries in southern Africa. Some reports say this is the worst drought in over 100 years. The problem is that these droughts are becoming too frequent and increasing in severity, it appears. I read an article this week from a … [continued]

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Could The Transition To Electric Mobility On The African Continent Support Development Of Local Battery Manufacturing?

March 11, 2023 admin africa, batteries, battery manufacturing, chiina, clean transport, democratic republic of congo, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Madagascar, South Africa, tanzania, zambia, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:05:50 +0000

The transition to electric mobility presents a major opportunity for the African continent to leapfrog into the age of electric mobility, allowing most of the continent’s population to bypass the ICE age. Africa’s low motorization rates compared to other parts of the world makes this highly probable. Already in several African countries, there are some […]

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Mozambique To Step Up Electricity Exports To Its Load-Shedding Stricken Neighbors

January 26, 2023 admin africa, clean power, hydroelectric, load shedding, mozambique, Solar energy, South Africa, wind energy, zambia, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:12:59 +0000

Mozambique currently has a low electrification rate with only 40% of its population having access to electricity. 36% of the population has access from the grid and 4% via off-grid projects. Mozambique wants to accelerate its access to electricity projects to meet its targets of universal access to electricity by 2030. This will be backed […]

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Zambia Increases Load-Shedding To 12 Hours a Day!

January 7, 2023 admin africa, clean power, hydroelectric, zambia

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 01:30:09 +0000

The water levels in Kariba Dam are dangerously low, mainly due to climate change-induced irregular rainfall patterns. The dam is shared between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam hosts hydropower generation plants for both countries. The installed generation capacity on the Zimbabwe side is 1,050 MW. On the Zambian side, the installed generation capacity is 1080 […]

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Zambia’s ZESCO Declares 1,000 MW Surplus in Power Generation — Is It Now Time To Accelerate EV Adoption?

July 21, 2022 admin africa, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, hydroelectric, zambia, zesco

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:50:59 +0000

Zambia’s vertically integrated electricity utility, ZESCO Limited, which generates, transmits, distributes, and supplies electricity in Zambia, has declared that the country now has a surplus generation capacity of approximately 1000 MW. Speaking during a high-level panel discussion at the ongoing Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA) meeting in Dakar, Senegal, ZESCO Managing Director Eng. […]

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How Can Africa Join The EV Revolution? (Video)

February 11, 2020 admin batteries, bmw and porsche, botswana, citroen c-zero, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, jaguar, Kenya, lithium-ion batteries, mercedes, nissan leaf, peugeot ion, renault zoe, south africa. audi, tanzania, the e-tron, the mitsubishi imiev, used ev inventory, zambia, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:00:30 +0000

A lot of the OEMs have not expressed any interest in bringing EVs to the rest of Africa anytime soon. With the majority of them struggling to meet demand in their home and traditional markets, it doesn’t look like Africa will be a priority anytime soon

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Botswana-Based Accite Holdings Brings Plant-Based Meat Revolution To Africa With Beyond Meat

January 22, 2020 admin africa’s nutrition, Agriculture, beyond burger, botswana, centre for sustainable systems, gaborone botswana, HEALTH, infinite foods, plant-based protein, South Africa, sub-saharan africa, zambia, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:40:35 +0000

Infinite Foods, a subsidiary of Botswana-based Accite Holdings, plans to tackle Africa’s nutrition problem in a more sustainable way by promoting plant-based food products across Sub-Saharan Africa. Africa’s expanding population and development will see many move into middle income status and with it increase their meat and dairy intake. Increased meat and dairy intake on a global scale will put more strain on the Earth’s resources which will struggle to sustain the projected surge in demand for red meat and milk using an animal-based system, which is inefficient

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The Different Faces Of Climate Change: The Zambia Drought

November 26, 2019 admin climate change, drought, Water, zambia

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:00:44 +0000

The little rainfall has led to low harvest and difficulties for cattle to graze, in particular in the Southern parts of Zambia where Philip lives. This has resulted in an increase in malnutrition. 2.3 million people in Zambia are now living in need of food assistance, UNICEF is reporting 40% of children under 5 years being stunted, and malnutrition is only expected to increase

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