Tag Archives: Africas

Solar-powered battery swapping. Rent-to-own rooftop solar. Developing clean energy solutions in Africa requires creativity to succeed in a place with limited resources and a diverse range of cultures, according to Canadian companies working there. But those that have made it work say the sunny continent with a fast-growing population and …

It’ll be hard to top this year’s birthday celebrations for a seven-year-old Vancouver Island girl, after she and her mom climbed up the tallest mountain in Africa to blow out her birthday candles. Autumn Sarah Lott and her mom Francesca Lott, from Gold River, B.C. — a village municipality near the geographic centre of the …