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Solar drying for coffee beans
Using solar drying systems, Kenya’s coffee farmers can improve the quality of the beans, reduce labour input and achieve higher prices.
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Water hyacinths – from pest to resource
Water hyacinths threaten the biodiversity of African lakes – but local residents can also obtain biogas and fertiliser from them.
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Solar power helps women increase their agricultural yields
Solar-powered light, water and machinery will help women in the communities of Thian Worou and Tantaga to process various agricultural products.
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Solar energy increases local value-creation by women
Thanks to the expansion of a mini-grid, entrepreneurs in Senegal can really get going.
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Biogas saves women time and makes them more independent
A biogas plant in the village of Kontoubarou enables cooking without firewood while producing ecological fertiliser for agriculture.
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Equipping school canteens and health centres with water pumps and solar-powered refrigerators
Renewable energy can greatly benefit social institutions, by powering refigeration or water access in medical centres and schools.
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Refugee shelters need sustainable solar solutions
Clean electricity for refugee families in Uganda
Through approximately 330 savings communities in refugee shelters and host communities, ZOA aims to promote the market for sustainable solar solutions.
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Solar pump boosts yields of women’s co-operative
Solar irrigation provides a women’s co-operative with a permanent solution to improve their living conditions.
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Electrifying San communities with solar energy
Decentralised PV systems will improve the livelihoods of a nomadic San community and highlight the role of women in it.
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A mobile training centre teaches young people about the potential of solar technology
Clean electricity for refugee families in Uganda
Through approximately 330 savings communities in refugee shelters and host communities, ZOA aims to promote the market for sustainable solar solutions.
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PV on stilts – two opportunities for Benin’s farmers
Agri-PV systems allow agricultural land to be used to generate renewable electricity in parallel with growing food.
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More skilled workers for solar plants in rural Benin
The non-governmental TierraSol organisation wants to train young people in the design, construction and development of solar energy and thus open up new prospects for them
