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Coca-Cola turns to solar energy to increase sales
Coca-Cola has turned to solar energy to consolidate its market share and boost sales through provision of subsidised solar kits to soda kiosks in order to extend their operating hours. Speaking Wednesday during the launch of a partnership with energy solutions provider, One Degree Solar, Managing Director Nairobi Bottlers Patrick Pech said the project will go a long way in helping retailers and kiosk owners extend their operating hours, reduce operating costs and enable them record higher sales.
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Africa can leapfrog other regions on energy, power expo hears
Billed as Africa’s biggest power and energy expo, Power and Electricity World Africa launched in Sandton on Tuesday, with exhibits from China, India, Europe, the US and further afield displaying renewable and traditional technologies.
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EcoZoom on Building a Market for Clean Cookstoves: What it takes for consumers to invest for long-term savings
Global Envision interviewed Chief of Operations Phil Ferranto on the challenges EcoZoom faces in convincing people to invest in clean cookstoves, developing a market for cookstoves in developing economies, and what sets EcoZoom apart as a socially-minded for-profit business.
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At NCIIA’s Open Conference, a Shift Toward Responsible Startups: Student, faculty teams are increasingly addressing poverty
Since 1995 NCIIA has been supporting efforts of students and faculty to invent, innovate and create impact with breakthrough technologies Open Minds Conferences is one of the key conferences on technology entrepreneurship in higher education. More recently, NCIIA’s support of E-Teams has shifted significantly toward projects whose primary focus is on addressing poverty.
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Asian Development Bank : Pay-As-You-Go Model Expands Solar Energy Access in Rural India
More than 60,000 households in rural India will have better access to electricity by 2015 as Simpa Networks, a company supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), scales up the sales of its off-grid, pay-as-you-go solar energy solutions.
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Shell-Backed Solar Company Bets on Phone Banking for Africa
M-KOPA Kenya Ltd., backed by a Royal Dutch Shell Plc-funded charity, sees sales of its solar-lighting system that allows users to pay by phone surging 13-fold as mobile operators roll out banking services in Africa.
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India’s villagers reap visible benefits from solar electricity scheme
Energy NGO Teri has revolutionised 500,000 lives through a scheme that uses solar LED lanterns to provide cheap power
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Off-Grid Electrification: A key to Myanmar’s promising growth
Throughout his promotion of the United Nation’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said several times that “energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability.”
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