interesting article on local solar power
"39 panels have a capacity of over 20 kilowatts—enough to power just one large, energy-intensive American household but more than enough for the lightbulbs, cooker plates and fans in the 180 households in Mbiabet Esieyere and Mbiabet Udouba."
not sure that have their numbers right but the point is still valid.
It good to see democracy take hold, here its the literal spread of power.
Mahmoud Ahmed is a national icon of Ethiopia, a musician who rose to prominence during the time of Haile Selassie, and whose songs are known by every generation, though he hasn’t released a new track in decades. Now, he’s retiring, and @thecontinent spoke to him days before his final concert in Addis Ababa. Here’s the interview — writer Maya Misikir suggests listening to it accompanied by Ahmed’s most famous track, “Tizita,” (sometimes known as “Tezeta”) which is a song about nostalgia.
https://continent.substack.com/p/i-would-be-happy-to-die-on-that-stage
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Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. A new study explores what can be done to save them.
From @ConversationUS: The research "put together data from 1,325 surveys of elephant populations — everything we could find — to evaluate how elephant numbers in Africa have changed."
Internet shutdowns at record high in #Africa as access ‘weaponised’
Artistic portrait of a leopard high in a tree, photographed in Botswana Africa.
#leopard #bigcat #feline #botswana #africa #safari #artistic #wildlife #wildlifephotography #portrait #animal #nature #painterly #spotted #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt #giftideas #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll
https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/leopard-portrait-botswana-africa-artistic-joan-carroll.html
Are you attending FOSS Backstage 2025?
Join my session on fostering FOSS adoption in underserved communities today, March 11, at 11:35 CET ~ Wintergarten.
I will be sharing key strategies and insights, with a special focus on Africa. @fossback
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Three zebras in a line in the golden savanna of Botswana.
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https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/three-zebras-in-botswana-joan-carroll.html
They say the green water snake in Botswana is harmless but I was still creeped out! Photographed in the Chobe river in Botswana!
#snake #watersnake #greensnake #snakes #africa #botswana #chobe #river #aquatic #reptile #reflections #nature #curving #ripples #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt #giftideas #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll
https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/green-water-snake-botswana-joan-carroll.html
“The cost of Trump’s executive disorder is measured in lives” is the headline of this piece in @thecontinent. The team at the Africa-wide weekly newspaper break down how the U.S. government’s freeze on international aid has affected HIV and tuberculosis programs in Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “American aid to the global HIV response is channelled through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar). It is the world’s biggest HIV response fund and it supports – or supported – up to 20-million people,” they write.
https://continent.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-trumps-executive-disorder
Vibrant vertical streaks of yellow and green create a blurred, abstract impression. These are early morning reflections of riverside reeds interspersed with light mist on the waters of the Chobe River in Botswana.
#reflections #yellow #green #river #chobe #botswana #africa #reeds #mist #abstract #blurred #vibrant #water #nature #tranquility #serene #streaks #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt #giftideas #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll
https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/chobe-river-reflections-botswana-joan-carroll.html
A baby elephant splashing water on itself using its trunk. Photographed in the Chobe River in Botswana.
#elephant #babyelephant #calf #chobe #river #botswana #africa #playing #bathing #splashing #drinking #wildlife #wildlifephotography #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt #giftideas #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll
Our partners in Rwanda are strengthening public transport by connecting data with mapping platforms. Better choices. Smarter cities.
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Almost as cute as an elephant butt is a rhino butt! And just as cute as a big elephant foot is a big fat rhino foot! Here is the rear view of a white rhino walking down a dirt road in Zimbabwe.
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https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/cute-rhino-butt-2-joan-carroll.html
An Indian Peacock at Talisker Bay on the Isle Of Skye, somehow seems right at home...
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I think this is a Rattling Cisticola but given what the Cisticola family is like (they’re all very alike) and given that #Kruger has lots of Cisticola…more than happy to be corrected
#Cisticola #KrugerNationalPark #SouthAfrica #birds #birding #africa #LBJ #birdsofmastodon
Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana), Kruger National Park, SouthAfrica
https://youtu.be/3iXm3RRP8d0