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A Rush for Lithium in Africa Risks Fuelling Corruption and Failing Citizens
Cases show that as the lithium rush ramps up, some of the risks facing mineral-rich countries are all too real.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Green Exploitation Is Still Exploitation
If leaders give in to the temptation of short-term gains, the extraction of africa’s transition minerals will follow familiar colonial dynamics.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Government Of Ghana Waives Import Duties On Electric Vehicles For Public Transportation
The government of Ghana has been working on a policy framework to move public transportation from the use of petroleum fuels to electric vehicles.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Local Investors Are Shying Away from Africa’s EV Revolution
A lack of local investment in African electric vehicle companies threatens the growth of the continent’s green transportation sector.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Filling This ‘Forgotten Element’ of the Energy Transition Is Critical to Net Zero
The pipeline of investable renewable energy and low carbon infrastructure projects in developing nations needs to be up to nine times larger, warns the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Power Ship Company That Cut Electricity in African Cities Eyes Expansion
Karpowership, which operates floating power plants, supplies electricity to eight African countries.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: South Africa Shows Developing Nations Face Decarbonizing Challenges
BMW’s activities in the South Africa show that there is no “one size fits all” approach to decarbonization.
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- Energy, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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USD 26.5 Million to Bridge Energy Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa
Oikocredit’s investment will support multiple solution providers with funds to procure, construct and maintain DRE generation and distribution assets in rural Africa.
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