A Dhow made up of Waste Plastic to make maiden 310 miles voyage from Kenyan coast to Zanbizar Milicent Atieno January 12, 2019 Green Tech To say that plastic is becoming a menace and eye-sore will be an understatement. As more and more plastics keep finding their way into water bodies, blocking drainage leading to floods, and chock the...
Zonful solar startup from Zimbabwe secures funding round from Persistent Energy Capital Milicent Atieno August 4, 2018 Funding, Green Tech Zimbabwe’s Zonful Energy – an off-grid solar startup – has secured a strategic investment from Persistent Energy Capital. The secured funding will go towards scaling up the startup’s operations while...
Installing Solar Energy system in Nigeria set to rise following a change in government directive to impose Import Duty Milicent Atieno May 21, 2018 Green Tech The West African nation of Nigeria is full of irony when it comes to power generation. For a country blessed with oil, so much so that it is one of the major world producers, having power shortage and frequent...
A freak lab accident creates a Super Mutant Enzymes that digests Plastic Bottles Felix Omondi April 17, 2018 Green Tech, Start-ups Humans have become a pest to the Earth’s ecosystem. Our industrial nature has left behind a trail of destruction and waste that are polluting the ecosystem. One of such waste is the plastic bottle (or PET),...
Researchers at Stanford have made a milestone achievement towards making Wireless Electricity Transmission a Reality Felix Omondi April 14, 2018 Gadgets, Green Tech Nikola Tesla was a pioneer in the quest for creating wireless electricity transmission. He achieved a great milestone by coming up with what is now knows as the Tesla coil, through which he envisioned a world...
Elon Musk’s Tesla batteries are too fast for Australia’s energy operator to register correct metering Felix Omondi April 7, 2018 Green Tech, Tech It looks like Elon Musk and the team at Tesla are not happy with the Australia energy operators over their metering of energy being supplied from their battery farm. Tesla is complaining the batteries are too...
Check out the new Mini Electric an electric future-oriented edition of the classic Mini Felix Omondi March 29, 2018 Green Tech Today’s modern electric cars are small compared to their diesel and petrol burning counterparts; though there are some that are just as big. However, Mini was among the pioneers of small build cars, and...
Tesla turns on world’s biggest Lithium Ion battery after Musk wins on a bet Felix Omondi December 2, 2017 Green Tech Tesla has flipped the switch on the world’s biggest lithium ion battery. This development comes after Elon Musk wins a bet that he could build a huge battery in South Australia in just 100 days. If it...
The answer to Nigeria’s power needs will be found in your mobile phone Innov8tiv.com November 25, 2017 Green Tech The Lumos service is combining the power of the Sun and your MTN mobile phone to bring a new type of power to Nigeria The complex dilemma of how to power Nigeria dominates politics and economics, yet...
SunCulture launches a new RainMaker IoT-powered solar water pump for small scale farming in Kenya Milicent Atieno October 4, 2017 Green Tech, Hardware Kenya is still an agricultural economy, even though the country has made great strides in mining, processing, and service industry. The majority of Kenyans still earn a living from agriculture. The biggest...
