Kenyan Women Light Up Villages with Solar Power
Let there be light. And thanks to the efforts of rural women in one of the most remote corners of the Kenyan republic, lights turn on as night falls at the end of a sunny day.
Tucked away in the remote villages of Olando and Got Kaliech in rural Kenya, residents in this poor outpost in south-western Kenya today have light after darkness falls. The light is thanks to Phoebe Jondiko, Joyce Matunga and Phoebe Akinyi, the three solar “women engineers” who have literally switched on the lights in the two villages with a view to lighting up more villages in the remote Gwassi Division in Suba District.
Eversheds Expands With African Firms: Business of Law
Eversheds LLP is expanding in Africa by combining with law firms based in South Africa and Tunisia.
Mahons Attorneys in South Africa will rebrand with the Eversheds name in 2014, giving the firm offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Louis in Mauritius. Mahons has 10 partners who advise on business matters.
Lighting Africa: A Spotlight on Development
Hundreds of millions of people across Africa lack affordable, reliable and effective lighting and struggle at homes, work, and schools.
When the sun sets on communities across the continent, darkness forbids even the most basic activities, such as cooking and reading. Development is stunted when students cannot study and businesses must close because of a lack of light.
Kerosene lamps and candles have proved poor solutions to these problems:
they are often expensive, can be dangerous, and emit barely enough light to brighten a small room.
Investment opportunities in sustainable tourism
Momentum from the Durban CBD along the N2, and the development of King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) has increased the accessibility and demand of properties along the Natal North Coast. This has resulted in an increased demand for residential and coastal resort developments. Developments such as Zimbali and Blythedale have also been catalysts in an unfolding coastal resort corridor stretching from Zimbali to Zinkwazi Beach.
The Nonoti Area is located on the seaward side of the N2 highway, on the Nonoti River, roughly mid-way between the inland towns of KwaDukuza and Mandini. Two smaller towns located on the northern side of the site, within five kilometres is the inland town of Nkwazi and the coastal town of Zinkwazi.
