Two Kenyan firms are among six clean energy innovators who made it to the top six of this year’s Ashden Awards. The list of six was announced on July 1 at the end of the International London Climate Action Week conference.
Kakuma Ventures has earned recognition for creating clean energy, Internet connections and new jobs for refugee camp residents while SokoFresh has been picked for providing affordable and sustainable cooling solutions for small-scale farmers in Kenya.
Among the six finalists, four are drawn from African countries – Kenya, Togo and Zimbabwe. The six excelled out of 11 that had been picked for the contest out of an initial 148 award applicants. Togo’s Energy Generation and Zimbabwe’s Zonful were picked for their efforts in helping young people and women get access to the required skills and opportunities for developing a future clean power sector. Read more…
