Kennedy Nyavaya

Harare

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IRENA 15th Assembly: ZESA courts clean power investors amid energy crisis

Jan 16, 2025 | southerneye.co.zw | Kennedy Nyavaya |Moses Mugugunyeki |Berita Kafesu |Peter Dube

Local News THE 15th Session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly, which brought together high-level delegates including policymakers, experts and development banks, has opened up more opportunities for funding and global cooperation, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) general manager George Manyaya has said.
IRENA to host global energy coalition secretariat

Jan 12, 2025 | thestandard.co.zw | Kennedy Nyavaya |Miriam Mangwaya |Nqobani Ndlovu |Moses Mugugunyeki

OUTGOING G20 (Group of Twenty) president, Brazil has invited the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to serve as secretariat of the newly-established Global Coalition on Energy Planning (GCEP). This was announced Saturday at a side event, held under the theme “Global Coalition for Energy Planning – Shaping the Agenda for Action”, prior to the 15th IRENA Assembly in Abu Dhabi.
‘Urgency key to attainment of net-zero target’

Jan 11, 2025 | southerneye.co.zw | Kennedy Nyavaya |Silas Nkala |William Vudla |Patricia Sibanda

WORLD leaders and innovators need to expedite action plans towards a robust clean energy transition if the world is to attain the set net-zero target by 2050, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) director-general Francesco La Camera has said. As the world grapples with climate change, calls have been made to reduce carbon emissions worsening the crisis, particularly through transforming the energy sector —a source of around three-quarters of the global warming causing gases.
‘Urgency key to attainment of net-zero target’

Jan 10, 2025 | newsday.co.zw | Kennedy Nyavaya

WORLD leaders and innovators need to expedite action plans towards a robust clean energy transition if the world is to attain the set net-zero target by 2050, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) director-general Francesco La Camera has said. As the world grapples with climate change, calls have been made to reduce carbon emissions worsening the crisis, particularly through transforming the energy sector —a source of around three-quarters of the global warming causing gases.
Electoral stakeholders concerned over gender disparities in politics

Oct 28, 2024 | newsday.co.zw | Kennedy Nyavaya

THERE is urgent need for stakeholders to review and effectively address the root causes of sharp declines in the number of women participating in local political processes, electoral expert and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) director Rindai Chipfunde-Vava has said. Although the national Constitution provides for equal participation of men and women in political processes, there has been a drop in female participation, particularly over the past three electoral cycles.
Capital risk, policy inconsistency blight Africa’s energy transition

Oct 18, 2024 | newsday.co.zw | Kennedy Nyavaya

FAILURE by African businesses to prove both bankability and scalability of prospective renewable energy projects has made it hard for financiers to bankroll them, an official from the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said. Between 2016 and 2022, the AfDB approved US$8.3 billion in energy commitments, with 87% directed towards renewable energy projects.
Africa commits to consolidated energy transition trajectory

Oct 15, 2024 | thestandard.co.zw | Kennedy Nyavaya |Nqobani Ndlovu |Sharon Sibindi |Gary Gerald Mtombeni

AFRICAN countries will need to pool local resources and integrate efforts in order to achieve their long-held energy transition plans amid lack of funding, it has emerged. Of the reported US$570 billion in investments made towards renewable energy (RE) last year, the continent got less than 3% thus further dragging the continent’s plans to switch to clean energy sources.
Heat Wave

Oct 3, 2024 | thestandard.co.zw | Moses Mugugunyeki |Kennedy Nyavaya |Sharon Buwerimwe |Samuel Chuma

I didn't expect The sun to show Its face today I thought it would Cower behind clouds Hiding its shame How can it face The choking dust Heat Wave It alone created In riverbeds and And stream banks And lush green forests, Now reduced to Deserts and wastelands Where all life fears to tread II Eastern mountains Arise and strike With rocky fist This fiery eyed impostor Who sneaks from Behind your skirts Bringing a blazing light That laps up living moisture Like a hound of hell Related Topics...
Big Harare derby: Caps, DeMbare ready for showdown

Oct 3, 2024 | thestandard.co.zw | Munyaradzi Madzokere |Moses Mugugunyeki |Kennedy Nyavaya |Sharon Buwerimwe

TROUBLED Harare giants Caps United are relishing the challenge of facing their archrivals Dynamos when the two teams clash in the second instalment of a big Harare derby at Rufaro Stadium tomorrow. The reverse fixture finished in a one-all stalemate after Dynamos took the lead early in the second half courtesy of a goal by Kelvin Moyo, before Ralph Kawondera found the equaliser late on for Caps United.
Act on water infrastructure now

Oct 3, 2024 | thestandard.co.zw | Moses Mugugunyeki |Kennedy Nyavaya |Sharon Buwerimwe |Tatira Zwinoira

THE water situation in the country is no longer tenable. Livelihoods have been affected. Animals too, both domestic and wild, have not been spared. On Tuesday this week, United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) warned that the situation is critical, with only 81% of rural people having access to improved water sources. “Because of drought, nearly 4% of the boreholes in the rural areas in Zimbabwe have dried up, particularly in Matabeleland South and Masvingo provinces,” Unicef said.