Despite innovative off-grid technology and high-profile initiatives, electrification in sub-Saharan Africa still trails population growth. In 2009 there were 585 million people in the region without power. Five years later, that figure had risen to 632 million, according to the latest International Energy Agency statistics. A first-of-its-kind analysis of the flow of capital, released in […]
Off-Grid Electricity Projects Are Starved for Funds
October 25, 2017 by thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Daniel Becker, East Africa, International Energy Agency, Kenya, off-grid technology, Rachel Kyte, Rafiki Power, Sunlabob Renewable Energy, Tanzania, United Nations, World Bank
Myanmar a geopolitical battleground for China and US
February 27, 2015 by thiha
Myanmar will continue to be a geopolitical battleground for China and the United States as long as the civil war between its government and ethnic rebels persists, according to a commentary from the Beijing-based Sina Military. The ongoing strife in Myanmar, which has never really stopped in the last 60 years, is not merely an […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Andaman Sea, aung san suu kyi, Barack Obama, Beijing, border, British citizens, Central Asia, Century Maritime Silk Road, China, Derek Mitchell, East Africa, geographic location, geopolitical, Hilary Clinton, Indian Ocean, Joseph Yun, Kachin, Kachin Independence, kia, kurt campbell, Middle East, Myanmar, return to Asia, Russia to Europe, Sina Military, Thein Sein, United States, US assistant secretry, US Pacific Command, US-ASEAN Summit, WASHINGTON
