{"id":1572,"date":"2012-12-27T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.com\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:43:50","slug":"interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: &#8216;Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the conference \u2019Paradoxes of Sustainability\u2019 (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 risks these technologies provide for the continent. n<span style=\"color:; \"><b><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"495\" height=\"278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mavOd577FsQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/b><\/span>n<i>The project&nbsp;&quot;Paradoxes of Sustainability&quot; is financially supported by BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) and LEZ (Landesstelle f\u00fcr Entwicklungszusammenarbeit).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the conference \u2019Paradoxes of Sustainability\u2019 (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 risks these technologies provide for the continent. nnThe project&nbsp;&quot;Paradoxes of Sustainability&quot; is financially supported by BMZ (Federal Ministry for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,107,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-kolonialismus-und-dekolonisierung","category-video-audio"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: &#039;Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa&#039; &#8211; AfricAvenir International e.V.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: &#039;Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa&#039; &#8211; AfricAvenir International e.V.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Speaking at the conference \u2019Paradoxes of Sustainability\u2019 (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 risks these technologies provide for the continent. nnThe project&nbsp;&quot;Paradoxes of Sustainability&quot; is financially supported by BMZ (Federal Ministry for&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AfricAvenir International e.V.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricAvenir\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-27T11:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-06T09:43:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AfricAvenir-Logo_transparent.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"patrpaaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AfricAvenir\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AfricAvenir\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"patrpaaa\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b212b099a4ad75eefb18f17ae282ecfd\"},\"headline\":\"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: &#8216;Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-27T11:44:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-06T09:43:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":84,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Events\",\"Kolonialismus &amp; Dekolonisierung\",\"Video &amp; Audio\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: 'Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa' &#8211; AfricAvenir International e.V.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-27T11:44:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-06T09:43:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: &#8218;Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa&#8216;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"AfricAvenir International e.V.\",\"description\":\"African Renaissance, Development, International Cooperation And Peace\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AfricAvenir International e.V.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/AfricAvenir-Logo_transparent.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/AfricAvenir-Logo_transparent.png\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1500,\"caption\":\"AfricAvenir International e.V.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AfricAvenir\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AfricAvenir\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b212b099a4ad75eefb18f17ae282ecfd\",\"name\":\"patrpaaa\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.africavenir.org\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: 'Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa' &#8211; AfricAvenir International e.V.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: 'Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa' &#8211; AfricAvenir International e.V.","og_description":"Speaking at the conference \u2019Paradoxes of Sustainability\u2019 (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 risks these technologies provide for the continent. nnThe project&nbsp;&quot;Paradoxes of Sustainability&quot; is financially supported by BMZ (Federal Ministry for&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/","og_site_name":"AfricAvenir International e.V.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricAvenir\/","article_published_time":"2012-12-27T11:44:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-06T09:43:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":1500,"url":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AfricAvenir-Logo_transparent.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"patrpaaa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AfricAvenir","twitter_site":"@AfricAvenir","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/"},"author":{"name":"patrpaaa","@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b212b099a4ad75eefb18f17ae282ecfd"},"headline":"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: &#8216;Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa&#8217;","datePublished":"2012-12-27T11:44:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-06T09:43:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/"},"wordCount":84,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Events","Kolonialismus &amp; Dekolonisierung","Video &amp; Audio"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/","name":"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: 'Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa' &#8211; AfricAvenir International e.V.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-12-27T11:44:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-06T09:43:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/interview-with-prof-judi-w-wakhungu-chances-and-risks-of-renewable-energies-in-africa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Interview with Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: &#8218;Chances and risks of Renewable Energies in Africa&#8216;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/","name":"AfricAvenir International e.V.","description":"African Renaissance, Development, International Cooperation And Peace","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/#organization","name":"AfricAvenir International e.V.","url":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AfricAvenir-Logo_transparent.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AfricAvenir-Logo_transparent.png","width":1500,"height":1500,"caption":"AfricAvenir International e.V."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricAvenir\/","https:\/\/x.com\/AfricAvenir"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b212b099a4ad75eefb18f17ae282ecfd","name":"patrpaaa","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.africavenir.org"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2226,"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions\/2226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}