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Only Electric Motorcycles Will Be Registered in Rwanda From 2025

In a bold move meant to curb the emission of greenhouse gases and improve air quality, Rwanda will register only electric motorbikes beginning January 2025. The targeted phaseout of petrol powered motorbikes will mainly affect public transportation. According to the…

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Kenya Power To Invest KES 258 Million in Electric Vehicle Promotion

Kenya Power will invest up to KES 258 million in the next three years to drive the uptake of electric vehicles in the country. The country’s sole national power distributor said the investment includes the cost of setting up charging…

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Epson Achieves 100 Percent Transition to Green Energy

Epson has transitioned to renewable energy sources in all its operations across the world. The shift to clean energy was completed in December 2023. This makes the Japanese company the first in its industry to fully go green. Seiko Epson…

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IBM Cloud Carbon Calculator to help businesses track greenhouse gas emissions

The IBM Cloud Carbon Calculator has just been launched in Africa and will help businesses get data about the amount of greenhouse gas they emit whenever they use hybrid cloud and AI. The tool accesses data from IBM Cloud workloads…

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Carbon credits: What are they and how do they work?

On June 14, the largest carbon credits auction took place in Nairobi. 16 Saudi Arabia firms bought 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits worth $6.27 per metric tonne. What are Carbon Credits and Carbon Trading? In carbon credit trading system,…

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Naivasha gets its first electric car charging station

The first electric car charging station in Naivasha was unveiled at the end of June 2023. The station is owned by Electric Go. The charging station is part of a plan by Electric Go to build 300 electric car charging…

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Will it be possible to charge electric car in 10 minutes? Toyota thinks so …

Toyota thinks it will be possible to charge an electric car in less than 10 minutes in the next 5 years. Not only that, but the size, weight and cost of the EV batteries can all be halved. It will…

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A floating solar city on a lake to solve power problems (Zimbabwe has a plan)

Have you ever envisaged a floating city of solar panels on a lake? Well, it appears some investors in Zimbabwe have started putting this plan in motion in collaboration with Chinese investors. The southern Africa country wants to build a…

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BasiGo launches app to enable commuters to book electric bus

At TLK Digital, we love talking about the good things, and another one is happening. Early-stage e-mobility startup BasiGo has launched an app to enable commuters to book electric bus rides in Nairobi. The Jani App is currently available on…

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Renewable energy startup Nuru raises over USD 40 million

Renewable energy startup Nuru raised over $40 million in a Series B funding according to an announcement at the start of July 2023. Nuru is one of the pioneers of renewable energy-powered metrogrid companies in Africa and operates in the…

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Why experts are against reintroduction of logging in Kenya

A ban on logging in Kenya was lifted after six years by the Kenya Kwanza government effective July 1 2023. But experts are against the policy shift claiming it is detrimental to the efforts to reforest the country and fight…

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How Startup Founder Esther Kimani and Farmer LifeLine Technologies are Revolutionizing Pest and Disease Control in Kenya and Africa

Before I dig into Farmer LifeLine Technologies Kenya and Esther Wanjiru Kimani’s exploits, let me introduce you to a small fun fact. About 3 or 4 years ago, I received a text message on my feature phone (kabambe) from the…

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