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Benson Ireri, Africa lead for energy access at WRI, explained that beyond irrigation ... the farm to the markets and aggregation centers. “Using renewable energy solutions like solar to power ...

Nithio, a leading energy finance platform in Africa, has announced an investment in SunCulture, an industry leader in solar irrigation and farming technology solutions. Nithio’s investment ...

That’s the overall aim. In his presentation, titled, Water and Energy: Efficient Solar Irrigation Systems in Africa, by Professor John Olaoye of the department of Agricultural and Biosystems ...

InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed an agreement with Savant Group Ltd, committing US$12 million to scale SunCulture's solar irrigation offering ...

Heifer Nigeria has launched a finance leasing guarantee scheme that gives farmers access to solar-powered irrigation pumps ... Government has set aside large farm settlements across Ogun State ...

The Benban Solar Park in Egypt is the largest solar farm in Africa, covering an area of 14 square miles (37 square kilometres) in the Aswan desert. It cost £3 billion to construct and was ...

South Africa once backed massive expansion in nuclear ... some 3,345 plants were rescued and relocated to a safer area for growth. Another solar farm in the Northern Cape region, the Jasper ...

In sub-Saharan Africa 80% of agricultural ... to calculate local irrigation needs, determine the necessary size and cost of technology components like water pumps, solar PV modules, batteries ...

A new study finds that standalone solar photovoltaic irrigation systems have the potential to meet more than a third of the water needs for crops in small-scale farms across sub-Saharan Africa. In sub ...

finds that standalone solar photovoltaic irrigation systems have the potential to meet more than a third of the water needs for crops in small-scale farms across sub-Saharan Africa. In sub-Saharan ...