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Interview with El Mostafa Jamea: "Consequences for Society and Environment in North Africa"
Within the framework of the project ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ AfricAvenir hosted a dialogue forum with the energy expert Dr. El Mostafa Jamea on the topic "Desertec – Consequences for Society and Environment in North... |+| read article
Interview with Nnimmo Bassey: ‘Green Economy on the move – how can Africa profit from the energy turn?’
Within the framework of the project ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ AfricAvenir hosted a dialogue forum with Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey on the topic ‘Green Economy on the move – how can Africa profit from the energy turn?’ In his interview... |+| read article
Speech by Tidiane Kassé: 'Energetic Turn by 2050 – What has been done so far?'
To conclude the international conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability – how socially equitable are ‘green’ technologies really?’ (19.-20.10.2012) Tidiane Kassé, chief editor of the French edition of Pambazuka, held the concluding speech in which he formulated... |+| read article
Interview with Tidiane Kassé: ‘The African Development Bank´s Strategies for Renewable Energies & Reactions from Civil Society in Senegal’
Speaking at the conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ (19.-20.10.2012), Tidiane Kassé, journalist and chief editor of the French edition of Pambazuka, deliberates on ‘The African Development Bank´s Strategies for Renewable Energies & Reactions from... |+| read article
Interview with Many Camara: 'ramifications and risks of uranium extraction for affected population groups and the resistance against the extraction of uranium in the Malian municipality of Faléa'
Speaking at the conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ (19.-20.10.2012), Many Camara addresses the ramifications and risks of uranium extraction for affected population groups and the resistance against the extraction of uranium in the Malian municipality... |+| read article
Interview with Nozipho Mabebe Wright: 'Potential for renewable energies and decentralised power supply in southern Africa'
Speaking at the conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ (19.-20.10.2012), Nozipho Mabebe Wright from Energia Africa, elaborates on the potential for renewable energies and decentralised power supply in southern Africa to empower women and to address the... |+| read article
Speech by Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: 'Renewable Energies – Chances and risks from the African perspective'
As a prelude to the conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability – how socially equitable are ‘green’ technologies really?’ (19.-20.10.2012) Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu, director of the African Centre for Technology Studies, held the opening speech on the current... |+| read article
Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: 'Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa'
Speaking at the conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ (19.-20.10.2012), Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu, director of the African Centre for Technology Studies, deliberates upon the current proliferation of renewable energies in Africa as well as the chances and... |+| read article
Interview with Odile Tendeng: ’Mali’s Resource Curse?! – Another conflict about Uranium?’
Within the framework of the project ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ AfricAvenir hosted a dialogue forum with the peace and conflict researcher Odile Tendeng (Gorée Institute, Dakar) on the topic ’Mali’s Resource Curse?! – Another conflict about Uranium?’ In the... |+| read article
Interview with Jean-Claude Katende: Copper and Renewable Engergies – how is our solar electricity related to the copper mines in Congo?’
Within the framework of the project ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ AfricAvenir hosted a dialogue forum with the lawyer and human rights activist Jean-Claude Katende on the topic ’Copper and Renewable Engergies – how is our solar electricity related to the... |+| read article
Interview with Kulthoum Omari: ’Gender and Renewable Energies in southern Africa’
Within the framework of the project ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ AfricAvenir hosted a dialogue forum with the energy expert Kulthoum Omari on the topic ’Gender and Renewable Energies in southern Africa’. In the subsequent interview, Omari elaborates on... |+| read article
Odile Tendeng über die instabile Situation in Mali, die Rolle der Ecowas und die Rohstoffinteressen europäischer Staaten
Odile Tendeng, Friedens- und Konfliktforscherin und Programmkoordinatorin der Alliance for Peace Initiatives am rennomierten Gorée Institute in Dakar, Senegal, berichtet in diesem Interview über die aktuelle Lage in Mali, konfligierende Interessen und die... |+| read article
Nnimmo Bassey über die Green Economy
Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria) ist Aktivist, Vorsitzender von Friends of the Earth International und Träger des Alternativen Nobelpreises 2010. In diesem Interview legt er dar, was die sogenannte "Green Economy" ist und warum... |+| read article
















