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 Sadick Thenest remembers how his 8-year-old daughter had a narrow brush with death two years ago, when she contracted cholera after drinking contaminated water.   "She was so gaunt, weak and had terrible diarrhoea," said the refugee from Burundi. "A slight delay in rushing her to hospit . . .

 The number of Tanzanian households connected to Mobisol's solar systems has gone up by close to 10 per cent during the past two months as the German company expands its footprints across the country.   A Mobisol representative in Dar es Salaam, Mr Allan Rwechungura said at the weekend t . . .

 Arusha-based Ilboru High School's Form Six student Gracious Ephraim has created a solar energy powered human Robot that can walk, turn its head, speak and perform a number of tasks.   Gracious who pursues Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) combination said he started working on th . . .

 A 30MW solar PV project in Tanzania is one of the winners of Access Power’s US$7 million Access Co-Development Facility (ACF).   All three winners were announced at this year’s Africa Energy Forum (AEF). Whilst solar dominated the winner’s shortlist with three out of t . . .

 The report, released earlier this week by the National Bureau of Statistics and the Rural Energy Agency shows that grid electricity is the second largest source of power in rural areas with 34.5% of households connected, while solar is leading by nearly 65%.    "The results show th . . .