Given that just 8% of the city’s street lamps currently function as planned on a regular basis, further benefits predicted include greater energy security and reduced crime rates. The Leeds team also found that the installation of solar street lamps in Kampala would open up 42,500 hours of work per day for street vendors, enabling the creation of up to 4,000 new jobs. 

Renewable energy provides solutions for the challenges associated with power generation, as the price of photovoltaics and wind energy technologies have gone down owing to the increase in the efficiency of the technologies, says Stellenbosch University Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES) director Professor Sampson Mamphweli.

In the world of open standard 5G connectivity, satellite service differentiation becomes crucially important. Over-and-above being simple conduits for ubiquitous connectivity, 5G satellite access points could become platforms to build and defend a position in the provision of certain device-centric service. For example, handling secure real-time machine type data transactions between multiple parties; and distributing and administering secure firmware update campaigns to a massive population of devices.

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So the watts that get generated are not heat to be dissipated by air con, they are potential source of energy for cooling.

The Minister noted that he wanted to place emphasis on career opportunities that can be accessed within the sector. 

At the center of this expanding market is the delivery of potentially high-margin digital signage projects for the distribution, and playback of relevant information or content on large digital screens and public view monitors. Security screening wait times, flight information, public announcements, airline advertisements, boarding group status and emergency evacuation messages are driving these opportunities. As the use of Bluetooth beacons increases, this messaging will be customized in real time for the needs of the passengers in proximity of the signage.

“Women also would not have to travel long distances to fetch water and wood as electric stoves and water pumps will replace firewood and stream water and children will have light to study at night,” said Mr Oluwatola.

• ASK Chemicals, a German maker or chemicals used in foundries, is up for sale, people close to the matter told Reuters. Rhone Capital backs the firm. Read more.

This cool sculpture has lights in its rib cage which turn on when the streetlights turn on. It represents the griffins that were perched on the Carnegie Library overlooking Scott Avenue before they were removed for the building’s 1983 renovation.

But the city is bracing for an expansion of Google into its midst, and San Jose is already facing a housing affordability crisis. Home values are averaging over $1 million, and rents are outta control. You need a substantial bank account to move there.

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