Category: Africa Off-grid
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Podcast 096: Jacqueline Novogratz – Two decades of hard-edged hope coupled with off-grid solar changed the lives of hundreds of millions; what’s next?
Listen in to the story of a hero whose vision and tireless work has changed the lives of…
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Jacqueline Novogratz and Bill Nussey host a wide-ranging discussion on how energy innovation is lifting lives
Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen, and Bill Nussey were joined by Steph Speirs, CEO of Solstice, Sarah Bieber,…
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Podcast 079: Erwin Spolders: Learn how renting solar power in a box is revolutionizing energy access for businesses across Africa.
Host Bill Nussey talks with Erwin Spolders, CEO and Founder of Redavia Solar Power. Redavia, based in Germany,…
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FOR AFRICA: An exciting new path for addressing energy poverty
Freeing energy shares the stories and insights of the visionaries that are addressing energy poverty by crowdsourcing a…
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#HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Samir Ibrahim
“I have tattooed on my left forearm the coordinates of the port of Zanzibar, where my family entered…
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Podcast 058: Samir Ibrahim – The story behind an affordable solar-powered irrigation system that is changing the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa
Host Bill Nussey interviews Samir Ibrahim, the visionary co-founder and CEO of Kenya-based SunCulture.
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Podcast #035: Ashvin Dayal – How is the Rockefeller Foundation using mini-grids to tackle energy poverty in Africa and India?
Ashvin Dayal, the SVP Power Initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, talks with host Bill Nussey about how clean…
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Podcast #005 – Amar Inamdar: One man’s journey to end energy poverty
Bill Nussey talks with Amar Inamdar of Kenya-based KawiSafi Ventures about using a venture capital investment model to…
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Africa is democratizing energy – a TED talk by Amar Inamdar shares lessons that can impact energy everywhere
Local energy is the fastest path to cleaner, cheaper, more reliable power. Nowhere is this truer than Africa.…
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Off-grid insights and innovations changing the face of rural Africa
Local Energy The vision behind the Freeing Energy Project is simple: electricity is moving away from fossil-fuels toward…
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Solar irrigation transforms small African farms
Kenya is a nation of farmers. About two-thirds of the country support themselves by tilling the ground, planting…
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Can solar lighting really be cheaper than kerosene?
Imagine if your day ended when the sun went down… Work stopped. Stores closed. Your home was dark.…
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Solar Home Systems in Africa Power Lights, Radios, Phones and Dignity
On my recent trip to Africa, Jacqueline Novogratz, the CEO of the anti-poverty organization, Acumen, shared something she’d…
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A journey through Africa
A few years ago, on a vacation in Africa, we took a break from safaris and drove a…