Sweden International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and AECF signed a five year agreement worth 400 million SEK (US $48 million) to fund the Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate
Efforts by the government to improve electricity connectivity across the country is paying dividends with at least 70% of Kenyans being hooked to the national grid.
For 70-year-old Regina Ocholla, a resident Nyakach in Kenya’s Kisumu County, a kerosene-fuelled tin lamp is a painful reminder of a dark past — literally.
Armed with a solar-powered water pump for irrigation and a quarter-acre piece of borrowed land, widow Hakima Mohammed has become a Western Kenya tree tycoon.
On a shiny afternoon last week, Oliver Bill, a 24-year-old former student leader at Moi University, was busy moving up and down to irrigate his 1.3 acres under tomatoes using a portable solar power
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has launched a new household solar competition under its Renewable Energy and Climate Adaptation Technologies (REACT) window.
Date:
2017-05-10
Type:
Press Release
Language:
English
Agriculture is key to Kenya's economy, contributing 26% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employs about 40% of the total population and accounts for 65% of the export earnings.
AECF Board member, Kola Masha, is the recipient of this year’s Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. He will receive his award at a ceremony to be held later today.
Esther owns a 2 acre piece of land in Uasin Gishu County. She has been a farmer for the past 9 years. Apart from growing tomatoes, maize, beans and vegetables she also keeps dairy cows.
At St. Thomas Amogoro Girls School in Malaba, Kenya, a quiet revolution is taking place. The school hosts 412 girls, 237 of who are in boarding school.
The Tosheka textile project, which is an AECF grantee through the REACT competition, has been chosen by the International Trade Center (ITC) to receive a planning and exposure visit to Assa, India
