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Browsing: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- Many players in livestock farming across Africa remain unaware of the relationship between this sector and greenhouse gas emissions.
- Currently, livestock farming contributes about 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to international estimates.
- In South Africa, the sector contributes between 0.4% and 0.5% of the global total, equal to about 32.5 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents a year.
Livestock farming feeds millions of Africans, but it also leaves a carbon footprint that cannot be ignored. According to North-West University (NWU) in South Africa’s animal scientist, Prof Kenny Mnisi, this challenge is finding the balance between sustaining households and tackling climate change.
Many players in livestock farming across Africa, however, are unaware of this link to carbon footprint. Prof Mnisi says short learning programmes and collaborative initiatives are needed to close the gap.
“The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, in collaboration with the North West Department of Agriculture …
- Data firm Bboxx is scaling up clean cooking access in Rwanda in liaison with TotalEnergies following a successful pilot of Pay-As-You-Go LPG.
- This deal will see Bboxx provide its innovative technology and PAYGo finance model and TotalEnergies Marketing Rwanda LPG cylinders.
- The partnership is targeting one million people over the next 5 years.
Data-driven platform Bboxx has entered a new partnership that seeks to transform lives and unlock potential by connecting consumers has joined forces with TotalEnergies to scale access to clean cooking solutions, targeting one million people in Rwanda.
This partnership will see more Rwandans start accessing Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) clean cooking in and beyond Kigali City, Rwanda. While unveiling the plan, the companies said the latest move follows a successful pilot programme in 2023, and plans are underway to reach 1 million people over the next 5 years.
Bboxx, a firm that prides itself on accelerating the …