January 17, 2020
Stakeholder feedback for the Africa Biogas Partnership Programme
Hivos East Africa is inviting you to participate in the Africa Biogas Program (ABC) Stakeholder Feedback Round. ABC is a registered voluntary Gold Standard (GS) carbon program with the ID GS2747 and is active in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. As part of the carbon certification process overseen by the Gold Standard foundation, relevant stakeholders are […]
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December 19, 2019
From Nairobi in 2007 to Dakar in 2020
By Jean Marc Sika The long journey As the Creative Dialogues about the 10 years of powering lives in Africa came to an end, my colleague challenged me to opine what the experience has been since the beginning. Just a glance at this documentary reminded me of the unforgettable memories created from implementing the Africa Biogas Partnership Programme (ABPP). My adventure […]
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December 19, 2019
Clean Cooking Solutions should be a Priority for Africa.
By Sarah Nyakio Exposure to household air pollution kills 3.8 million people yearly. In my country Kenya for example, household air pollution claims over 21,500 lives each year. Countries have committed to ensuring universal access to clean, modern energy for cooking by the year 2030 as part of 17 global development goals, but low levels of […]
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December 19, 2019
Ten years of powering lives in Africa
Fatoumata Sanfo lives in Burkina Faso, in the heart of the Sahel region. For her, “socio-economic transformation” simply means access to clean, safe and affordable energy to cook meals for her family. Her story is representative of the worrying global situation of populations in developing countries still dependent on firewood and charcoal as a source […]
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July 18, 2019
New research shows biogas as alternative solution to clean cooking
Creation of biodigester markets in Africa is feasible, according to a new analysis from the Stockholm Environment Institute in collaboration with Hivos. With support from the US National Institutes of Health and the Clean Cooking Implementation Science Network; the biogas programmes of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were evaluated using the RE-AIM framework, an approach that assesses Reach, […]
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July 18, 2019
Jean Marc Sika: “The future of energy is green.”
Hivos East Africa’s Renewable Energy Program manager, Jean Marc Sika, was recently awarded the title of Monsieur le Grand Chancelier des Ordres burkinabè for his exceptional role in upscaling biogas and bio-digester technology in Burkina Faso. Hailed as one of the founding fathers of biogas in Burkina Faso, Jean Marc has shown astounding leadership, particularly […]
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