Pico-solar lights can reduce the need for families in rural Africa to rely on burning fuels such as kerosene for light. (Image source: SolarAid)
Google has agreed to fund a US$650,000 two-year Randomised Control Trial study (RCT) into the impact of solar lights on poverty alleviation in Africa
Power Africa will add 10 gigawatts of electricity to six sub-Saharan countries. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
US president Barack Obamas multi-billion dollar project Power Africa will comprise solar and wind installations in six sub-Saharan countries to increase access to electricity
The funds will help Rwanda expand its electricity network. (Image source: Brian Smith/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has recently signed an agreement with the Rwandan government to give the country US$40mn for the expansion of its electricity network
Powerway would develop the plant in partnership with local renewables company Mobility Holdings. (Image source: Patrick Moore/sxc.hu)
Powerway South Africa, a subsidiary of the Chinese Powerway Renewable Energy Company, plans to invest US$160mn to construct a 100MW solar power plant in Zimbabwe
Inga III will generate 4,200 MW and is being built on Inga Falls. (Image source: Nashville Corps/Flickr)
The World Bank will invest an estimated US$550mn in hydro projects annually over 10 years in collaboration with the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
