“Touching Lives Through A Determined School Child,” a campaign conducted by Nigerian PR firm Modion Communications on behalf of Lumos Nigeria, was awarded the Platinum SABRE Award. LONDON : “Touching Lives Through A Determined School Child,” a campaign conducted by Nigerian PR firm Modion Communications on behalf of Lumos Nigeria, was awarded the Platinum SABRE […]
Solar Is One Bank’s Answer to Nigerian Electricity Blackouts
The manager of Nigeria’s biggest pension fund is teeing up millions in financing for the renewables sector but it’s also embracing solar energy for the good of its own business. Standard Bank Group Ltd.’s Nigerian unit is aiming to run nearly half its offices on solar by 2022 to cut down on energy costs and […]
Nigeria’s Starsight Energy plans east Africa solar power expansion
Nigerian solar power provider Starsight Energy plans to expand to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, Sola Lawson, managing director and co-head at African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), tells The Africa Report. Starsight is in the process of finalising an agreement with a partner for the expansion which should be concluded by the end of April. The […]
Nigerian solar systems provider commits to recycling batteries
Nigerian solar systems provider, Lumos, has announced its environmental commitment to recycling the company’s batteries in partnership with Hinckley Recycling (Hinckley). In a statement, the company pointed out this is in line with its solar energy business model, a “significant commitment to recycle and repurpose batteries – which is vital for a sustainable battery supply […]
Nigerian universities to sport Africa’s largest solar hybrid project
With over half of Nigeria’s population under the age of eighteen, the future of the nation lies with its youth. Empowering this majority demographic is at the centre of the Rural Electrification Agency’s (REA) mandate, which brought to life the Energising Education Programme (EEP). The EEP’s responsibility to Nigeria’s youth is matched by its ambition. […]