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The City of Harare Hosted “The Future of Cycling in Harare” Roundtable Meeting As Part Of Harare Bike Day

July 15, 2022 admin africa, bicycles, clean transport, electric bikes, micromobility, policy & politics, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:35:40 +0000

According to the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) Making the Economic Case for Cycling 2022 Report, the total cost for the purchase, operations, maintenance, fuel, and insurance for a bicycle adds up to about $3.00 per 100 km traveled. A private car is 6 times more expensive, at approximately $18.00 per 100 km. […]

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What A Lovely Surprise, The Wuling Hongguang Mini EV In Zimbabwe!

July 13, 2022 admin africa, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, wuling hongguang mini ev, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:15:52 +0000

After Blessing Nyarai Tawengwa completed her Masters Degree in Sustainability Management at Columbia University in 2015, she decided to look into starting a business with a sustainable focus. She also wanted the business to actively promote sustainable ventures back home in Zimbabwe. She began to explore several areas. Her research also involved some travel to […]

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Zuva Petroleum Starts Rolling Out EV Chargers At Its Petrol Stations In Zimbabwe

July 1, 2022 admin africa, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:27:21 +0000

Which one comes first? Electric cars or the charging stations? Players who want to roll out charging infrastructure would want to see a critical mass of EVs before investing heavily in charging infrastructure, while on the other hand, range-anxious consumers would want the assurance of a charging network. Locations with existing infrastructure, such as forecourts […]

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Zimbabwe Leads the African Charge to Electric Scooters and E-mobility

May 16, 2022 admin africa, clean transport, electric motorcycles, Electric vehicles, motorcycles, motorcycles + scooters, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 19:05:01 +0000

Could Zimbabwe’s Public Transport Chaos Catalyze The Adoption Of Electric Scooters For Personal Mobility?

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Could Remittances & Overseas-Based Population Catalyze The Adoption Of Electric Vehicles In Africa? Part 1

May 9, 2022 admin africa, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 19:45:03 +0000

Remittances are the largest source of capital inflows into low and middle-income countries. However, unrecorded flows through informal channels are thought to be at least 50% larger than these inflows that come via official channels. In Zimbabwe for example, official Reserve Bank figures show that remittances surged from $1 billion in 2020 to $1.4 billion […]

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How Can Africa Join The EV Revolution? (Video)

February 11, 2020 admin batteries, bmw and porsche, botswana, citroen c-zero, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, jaguar, Kenya, lithium-ion batteries, mercedes, nissan leaf, peugeot ion, renault zoe, south africa. audi, tanzania, the e-tron, the mitsubishi imiev, used ev inventory, zambia, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:00:30 +0000

A lot of the OEMs have not expressed any interest in bringing EVs to the rest of Africa anytime soon. With the majority of them struggling to meet demand in their home and traditional markets, it doesn’t look like Africa will be a priority anytime soon

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Botswana-Based Accite Holdings Brings Plant-Based Meat Revolution To Africa With Beyond Meat

January 22, 2020 admin africa’s nutrition, Agriculture, beyond burger, botswana, centre for sustainable systems, gaborone botswana, HEALTH, infinite foods, plant-based protein, South Africa, sub-saharan africa, zambia, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:40:35 +0000

Infinite Foods, a subsidiary of Botswana-based Accite Holdings, plans to tackle Africa’s nutrition problem in a more sustainable way by promoting plant-based food products across Sub-Saharan Africa. Africa’s expanding population and development will see many move into middle income status and with it increase their meat and dairy intake. Increased meat and dairy intake on a global scale will put more strain on the Earth’s resources which will struggle to sustain the projected surge in demand for red meat and milk using an animal-based system, which is inefficient

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How The Zayed Sustainable Prize Makes A Difference — 4 Interviews

January 12, 2020 admin Abu Dhabi, abu dhabi sustainability week, africa, batteries, bboxx, bboxx cook, clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, ecosoftt, Energy Storage, felix brooks-church, FOOD, grid, HEALTH, INTERVIEWS, liberia, light every birth, lithium-ion batteries, mansoor hamayun, masdar, Off The Grid, rooftop solar, rwanda, sanku, Sierra Leone, Solar energy, solar panels, solar suitcases, tanzania, UAE, Uganda, Water, Water Management, we care solar, zayed sustainability award, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Jacek Fior| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 02:57:39 +0000

I thought I would go back to the Zayed Sustainability Prize winners from last year to check what has changed and how the prize has impacted their operations

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Zimbabwe Is Trying to Build a China Style Surveillance State

December 2, 2019 admin china surveillance, mass surveillance, president robert mugabe, robert mugabe, SURVEILLANCE, Zimbabwe, zimbabwe protests

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:45:38 +0000

“It has everything it needs to give the ruling Zanu-PF party and its agents in government the legal basis to imprison opponents using the internet.”

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Longtime Zimbabwe leader Mugabe dies at 95

September 6, 2019 admin latest stories, robert mugabe, Today's Breaking News, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 06:02:25 +0000

HARARE, Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe, former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights…READ