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Video: Energy as an enabler for income generation in Tanzania
Video: Energy as an enabler for income generation in Tanzania July 7, 2020 Since 2016, the Energy Change Lab has worked on a project to ensure that electricity can be used for economic and social gain. Going beyond electricity for household use, people are now using electricity to run businesses and improve their income. The […]
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Prompting productive uses of energy on rural Tanzanian mini-grids
Prompting productive uses of energy on rural Tanzanian mini-grids September 23, 2019 By Kevin Johnstone, IIED Since 2015, the Energy Change Lab (a programme of IIEDand Hivos) has been researching, prototyping, implementing, and testing productive uses of energy (PUE) activities to help build end-user electricity demand in Tanzania (read more here and here). Initial research […]
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Video Energy Safari 2019
Video Energy Safari 2019 July 9, 2019 This year's Energy Safari took place between 18 and 23 May in Dodoma. 30 (15 women and 15 men) youth participants between the age of 18 and 32 participated in the Safari. They had various backgrounds ranging from marketing, management and the creative sector, to environmental and urban […]
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Energy Safari 2019: Thinking beyond light
Energy Safari 2019: Thinking beyond light June 25, 2019 Written by Neema Kimaro “For now, I only have two light bulbs and a socket so that I can charge my phone at home, but I haven’t thought of using electricity for anything else. I fear it will be too expensive for me.” This is how […]
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Job openings: Consultant Value Chains, business models, and Productive Uses of Energy and Economic Empowerment Officer
Job openings: Consultant Value Chains, business models, and Productive Uses of Energy and Economic Empowerment Officer June 4, 2019 The Energy Change Lab and the European Committee for Training and Agriculture (CEFA) are recruiting for two positions to be based full-time in Matembwe, Tanzania. CEFA is an Italian NGO that has been operating in Tanzania […]
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Media as catalyst: promoting rural electrification and renewable energy development
Media as catalyst: promoting rural electrification and renewable energy development December 18, 2018 By Basil Malaki and Caroline Wahome The media plays an effective role in promoting national development and shaping public opinion. The government and the private sector use the media to diffuse information to influence and persuade public opinion. One of the challenges that Hivos East […]
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Journalists to benefit from a renewable energy reporting fellowship
Journalists to benefit from a renewable energy reporting fellowship October 8, 2018 By Caroline Wahome Hivos East Africa in partnership with Nukta Africa and the Energy Change Lab will award a six month fellowship to 20 Tanzania based journalists, with an aim of increasing reportage on renewable energy. The safari will allow journalists to learn […]
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Power that changes lives: three lessons from a rural energy champion
Power that changes lives: three lessons from a rural energy champion September 19, 2018 By Basil Malaki Mini-grids are providing rural communities in Tanzania with the energy they need to move beyond powering household appliances, to generating new business and boosting the local economy. Rural welders use mini-grid electricity to generate income (Photo: Energy Change […]
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Energy Dialogue: How to Make Inclusion of Women in the Energy Sector Possible
Energy Dialogue: How to Make Inclusion of Women in the Energy Sector Possible September 4, 2018 By Basil Malaki & Nuria Mshare When women are empowered, they have the ability to play active roles in energy systems, break the cycle of poverty, while strengthening local and national economies. This is also true for women in […]
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Fast Tracking Productive Use of Energy Solutions through Rapid Prototyping
Following the July 2017 ‘Productive Use of Energy - Problem Solving & Innovation Workshop’ held in Dar es Salaam, the Energy Change Lab has been progressively engaging with multi-stakeholders through technical advisory, brokering and networks.