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Category Archives: Business solutions to poverty

Solar energy boom leads to toxic trash in East Africa

May 13, 2019by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

  New York Times May 12, 2019 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — After nightfall, when trash covers the streets of the busy Kariakoo market here, compactor trucks rumble along followed by men […]

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Africa, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Public health, Rural poverty

Solar Mini-Grids Give Nigeria a Power Boost

December 3, 2018by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times December 3, 2018 GBAMU GBAMU, Nigeria — Music blasts from King Royal Guesthouse, a small restaurant in the village of Gbamu Gbamu, a three-hour drive from Lagos. […]

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Africa, Business, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Rural poverty

Rwanda Eyes Biogas and Other Cooking Fuels to Help Curb Deforestation

September 22, 2018by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times September 22, 2018 By Amy Yee KIGALI, Rwanda — The kitchen of Ecole Secondaire Kanombe Efotec, a boarding school here, is busy from dawn to dusk while the staff […]

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Africa, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Public health, Rural poverty

Wharton MBAs Find Their Calling Amid Pineapples Of Ghana

December 12, 2017by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

NPR December 8, 2017 Jerry Parkes stands in a vast field of spiky leaves and peers at a pineapple that is larger than usual. “Wow, look at the size of […]

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Africa, Agriculture, Business, Business solutions to poverty, Fun stuff & Cool people

In Africa’s Oldest Park, Seeking Solutions to a Destructive Charcoal Trade

September 14, 2017by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Yale Environment 360 September 14, 2017 Virunga National Park, home to the world’s largest population of mountain gorillas, is plagued by deforestation linked to the production of charcoal for cooking […]

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Africa, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Rural poverty, science

The Power Plants That May Save a Park, and Aid a Country

August 30, 2017by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times August 30, 2017 VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo — On the verdant savanna of Virunga National Park, a herd of elephants clustered near an umbrella-shaped […]

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Africa, Animals, Business, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Fun stuff & Cool people, Longform & Narrative, Rural poverty

In Kenya, a Transformation in Shades of REDD

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Undark July 28, 2017 Communities near the Rukinga Sanctuary once seemed locked on a path of resource decimation. But here, at least, a global conservation plan is working. By Amy […]

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Africa, Animals, Business solutions to poverty, Environment, Fun stuff & Cool people, Kenya, Longform & Narrative, Rural poverty, science, Travel

In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty

October 4, 2016by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times October 4, 2016 KAKHIN BIMILE, Bangladesh — Kismat Ali is a 33-year-old mason living in Kakhin Bimile, a village a few hours drive from Dhaka, Bangladesh’s crowded […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Rural poverty

How Hybrid Seeds Could Help The Mountain Gorillas Of Congo

September 27, 2016by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

NPR September 27, 2016 Along one side of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a fence lines a sorghum field where a family of gorillas readies for […]

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Africa, Animals, Business solutions to poverty, Environment, Rural poverty

Micro-insurance offers families in poorer countries protection from destitution

September 1, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

The Guardian September 1, 2015 As day labourers in India’s Maharashtra state, Ayesha Begam and her husband couldn’t afford healthcare, and did not have access to doctors and hospitals. GO […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Business solutions to poverty, India, Public health

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