African progress Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/african-progress/ Educating | Informing | Illuminating Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:57:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-Lifeline-Energy-Logo-512-px-32x32.png African progress Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/african-progress/ 32 32 Try not to sprain your ankle in Ethiopia – Highlights of 20 years working in Africa https://www.lifelineenergy.org/try-not-to-sprain-your-ankle-in-ethiopia-highlights-of-20-years-working-in-africa/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:12:54 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=11391 The post Try not to sprain your ankle in Ethiopia – Highlights of 20 years working in Africa appeared first on Lifeline Energy.

]]> Speak Up in South Sudan – AET’s Case for Lifeplayers https://www.lifelineenergy.org/aet-speakup-case-lifeplayers/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:22:11 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=8595 By Jonathan Coxall | Africa Educational Trust (AET) is partnering with Lifeline Energy to deliver Speak Up, a radio-based English language course for youth and adults in 130 rural communities in South Sudan.

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]]> Who Would Have Imagined Rwanda 25 Years On? https://www.lifelineenergy.org/imagined-rwanda-25-years-on/ Tue, 10 May 2016 08:02:42 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=5681 World headlines fixated on one event – the culmination of the long march to democracy in South Africa and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela. As Western media seem to feature one African story at a time, another African event was a footnote: an ‘African tribal war’ in a country not many had heard of.

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]]> Our Lifeplayer and Sustania: “100 Most Innovative Solutions” https://www.lifelineenergy.org/sustania-lifeplayer-award-innovative-solution/ Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:27:59 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=5118 We’re thrilled! Lifeline Energy and our solar and wind-up Lifeplayer MP3 – the world’s first […]

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]]> Haile’s Story: What the Learn English Radio Project Means to Teachers? https://www.lifelineenergy.org/hailes-story-what-the-learn-english-radio-project-means-to-teachers/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:21:24 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4546 By Tsion Issaya, Communications Manager, British Council Ethiopia | HaileMeet 60 year old Haile Berhe. For more than half his life, he has worked as an English teacher. Born and raised in a small town in Tigray regional state.

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]]> The Hidden Cost of Cell Phones https://www.lifelineenergy.org/the-hidden-cost-of-cellphones/ Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:52:48 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4097 The World Bank estimates that there are 62 cell phones for every 100 people in Zambia. This week as I interviewed students, their families and the community school teachers of Luba Community School for my research project.

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]]> Africa Unplugged: Energy Costs Price Many Africans Out of ICTs https://www.lifelineenergy.org/africa-unplugged-energy-costs-price-many-africans-out-of-icts/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:18:52 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4037 Energy access - a costly barrier to growth in Africa. Read all about Africa unplugged in Phil Goodwin's latest blog on The Energy Collective.

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]]> Energy – The Oxygen of Africa’s Growth and Development https://www.lifelineenergy.org/energy-the-oxygen-of-africas-growth-and-development/ Thu, 16 May 2013 15:13:35 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=3482 Historically people associate the sound of Africa as the roar of the lion; but in […]

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]]> Building an Open Platform for Radio Reporting in West Africa https://www.lifelineenergy.org/building-an-open-platform-for-radio-reporting-in-west-africa/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:01:10 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/blog/?p=2402 Adam Thomas of Sourcefabric for World Radio Day, 2013 “There are conflicting accounts of the […]

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]]> African Innovator of the Month https://www.lifelineenergy.org/african-innovator-of-the-month-3/ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:34:28 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4385 A Shining Role Model for ICT Women in Africa At just 25 Clarisse Iribagize has […]

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