• blog

    By Wilkista Akinyi Junior Programme Officer – Green Energy Transition to renewable energy is recognized as a low-carbon emission pathway to development. Moreover, decentralized renewable energy (DRE) solutions are encouraged in off-grid communities and displacement settings to accelerate energy access and poverty eradication.  It therefore goes without saying that DREs have gained market penetration in […]

    June 17, 2020

  • opinion

    The month of June 2020 marks two years since the introduction of Tanzania’s e-Procurement System (TANePS), a platform that seeks to migrate all public procurement processes online. Hosted by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), it supports procurement of goods, works, consultancies, non-consultancies and disposal of assets. June 2020 has been marked as the deadline […]

    June 17, 2020

  • News

    2020 will go down in history as the year that put a hold on daily life around the globe. We have an opportunity to make sure it will also be remembered as the year in which the fight for more inclusive, transparent and green societies gained a new and inspired push. The actions that we […]

    June 15, 2020

  • News

    Hivos East Africa announces a new call for proposals for our audio visual content production grants. Targeting a myriad of artists only in Uganda and Tanzania, the second phase of the Resource Of Open Minds (R.O.O.M) program, will continue to support a new generation of makers from the creative and cultural sector to produce alternative […]

    June 15, 2020

  • News

    We’re thrilled to announce the release of a 10-track album that was made during last year’s edition of African Crossroads. KIUNGA, the Swahili equivalent of “crossroads”, features music that represents a contemporary blend of Afro urban music, from classical Taarab to Afrofusion and the thumping energy of East African dance hall. The album was launched […]

    June 15, 2020

  • News

    This week, George Floyd’s funeral service was held in Houston, in the United States. The videos of his killing at the hands of police officers have ignited worldwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism. From Cape Town to Minneapolis and from Sao Paolo to Amsterdam. Hundreds of thousands of people are expressing their anger, […]

    June 11, 2020

  • story

    A women’s burden

    All these years Helena had been inhaling smoke while cooking on an open fire. So something had to change. And it did. In 2012 Helena and her husband made a decision that transformed their lives.

  • story

    How Hivos’ civil society partners contribute to the growing energy access rate in Nepal

    Our partner CRT/N provided training to sensitize municipalities about the many benefits of energy access. This soon resulted in allocated budgets and work plans for energy access in nine municipalities, largely for domestic clean cooking systems.

  • News

    Hivos and IIED, together with Climate Tracker, are happy to launch the Sustainable Food Media Fellowship to fund journalists from Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia to work on investigative reports. We are looking for young journalists from Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia who want to write incredible stories about the production of food and access to sustainable […]

    June 5, 2020

  • blog

    Over the past few years working on the Green and Inclusive Energy programme, I have been privileged to hear from Kenyans about their experiences with clean cooking, or lack of. In 2017, as part of Hivos East Africa’s collaboration with the County Government of Kajiado to establish a policy for renewable energy for the county, […]

    June 4, 2020