Tribune Online 12 African start-ups emerge for Flapmax AI Innovation Flapmax has selected 12 startups for the second cohort of its FAST accelerator start-up programme, which was formed in collaboration with Microsoft. Starting in October, the FAST accelerator’s cohort of 12 startups will embark on a five-week comprehensive acceleration programme in Silicon Valley, California, United States of America. The programme received […]

Tribune Online ICT: We need African solutions for African problems — Expert Mr Christian Idiodi, a Cross River State-born Partner of the Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG), said Africa needs African solutions to its challenges. Idiodi disclosed this recently when he led a team of ICT experts from the United States and Europe to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State […]

…Say renewable energy viable solution to electricity crisis By Bianca Iboma-Emefu Stakeholders at the 10th edition of Informa Market’s Nigeria Energy Exhibition and Conference, x-rayed electricity access in Africa, noting the huge gap between electricity supply and demand, as only a handful of countries can boast of 100% access. The exhibition brought together government and […]

A dual-use solar and agricultural site in New York will add 2 MW of solar capacity while retaining active market crop production. Dual-use solar and agricultural projects, sometimes called AgriPV, AgPV, or agrivoltaics, is the practice of growing crops or raising livestock on the same land as a solar energy facility. The practice has been […]

Lightstar Renewables is about to break ground on its first dual-use, agrivoltaics project in New York. Located in Wappingers Falls, Poughkeepsie, Old Myers is a 2-MW dual-use community solar project that spans a 15-acre site. The project will keep the Thompson family’s land in agricultural production and generating stable lease income over 25 years. The… […]