Course Number: CHE 3010
Course Title: Solar Power for Africa

Instructor: Dr. Gregory Beaucage

Department: Energy and Materials Engineering

Credits: 3

Class Time:2:00 pm to 3:20 pm Tuesday and Thursday Passcode "1"
Room: Zoom Click Link Above







"Links for Class Fall 2023:
SPA T230822, R230824(Missing), T230829, R230831,T230905(Missing), R230907 (Tony Ranieri SIF), T230912 Forgot to record, R230914, T230919, R230921, T230926, R230928, T231003, R231005, T231010, R231012,T231017, R231019, T231024, R231026, T231031, R231102, R231109, T231114, R231116, T231121 (Missing), T231128, R231130

State of the world NYTimes; State of World Buddhist Monk; State of the world Financial Times;
Homework 1
Solar Panel Install in Dominican Republic, Coal Mine near Cincinnati (4.5 hrs), Future of Coal, Coal to Battery, Beth Wilson Ghana, Gabon Coup, Map Recent Coups, Johannesburg Fire
Homework 2, Power for a refrigerator
Homework 3, Basketball development by Luol Deng, Nigerians Survive Migration on Ship Rudder, Gabon's Coup, Senegal Fishing (why people are migrating to the Spanish Canary Islands), Where water is running out, Global Energy Consumption Plot, Ugandans recycle, Pakistani Musician, Solar and Wind Power in China, Mining in the DRC, Grain for Africa, Sand in Somalia, Renewables Saving Texas, , West Africans Crossing the Darien Gap
Homework 4, Brooklyn Farm, GenCell Hydrogen, Water and renewable energy, Power from ambient humidity Nature, Power from humidity Guardian, China and renewables, Flooding in Lagos, Batteries save Texas, Cool roofs, Map of where hunger is, Tesla Turbine for Wind Power a, part b, Bladless Wind Turbines
Homework 5, EV tipping point, Women Engineers in Somalia, Survivor of Westgate Mall Seige Kenya
Homework 6, Morupule B problems , wiki Marupule B , Coal Plants since 2020 , Wiki Coal Power Plant , 20 min video coal plant , Thermal Power Plants book p. 161 (add f at end to link), Encyl. of Coal (at f at end to link), Africa Develoment Bank Report on Botswana Power plant, World Bank Assessment, Chinese Funding of Morupule B, 2015 Botswana government assessment , 2019 situation , 2020 Coal to liquid fuel , Wiki Coal to Liquids, DOE Coal to Liquids , Chinese Contribution to Africa Power, Combined Cycle Power Plant
Homework 7, Max Slides
Anudeep Katepalli Talk on 3D Solar Panels and plasmonic heating, Katepalli Paper
Feed cows red seaweed to cut methane, Video on trade barriers to protect EV manufacturing, Sue over Teff (Ehtiopian grain), Extended interview with Paul Kagame, Wiki Paul Kagame (a careful read could give you a histroy of the Lake District, keep in mind that there are many sides to this story, Kagame is seen as a war criminal by some, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee by others and there is good evidence on both sides, during Idi Amin the Rwandan refugee camps on the Rwanda border in Uganda were the second largest city in Uganda)
Homework 8, Apples to Apples
Toyota Wants Ammonia Cars
Homework 9, Single Stage Still, Multi-Stage Still with heat of condensation recovery
Cool Roofs
Homework 10, Al-Ismaili 2016, Akinaga 2018, Psat for Sea Water Equation 5, Psychometric Chart How to
Guyana Oil, Guyana Exxon Project, Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
Homework 11, Paper for HW 11, webpage for HW 11
On-Shoring Synthetic Graphite
Homework 12
Turn Cactus into Biogas Kenya,Germany asks for Forgiveness for Tanzania Genocide (but not reparations...),Climate Change eating water lillies,Water Lillies a delacy in Louisiana,Stroke Victoms in DRC, Vertical Farming at Disney Land, Almost 7 million internally displaced in DRC near Rwanda (Goma)
Homework 13, Review of Solar biochar; Biochar vs Act. Carb. vs Charcoal; Biochar with solar pyrolysis; Gates Foundation funded toliet; Solar biochar from garbage; Solar Furnace for Biochar
Insect farms to save the climate, Changes in American Farming, Countries with most orphens, Buy clothes that last forever? (for the environment)
Homework 14
Vaneless Ion Wind Generator ; EWICON Delft University 2015; Ionic Wind Power (Richard Epstein); PREOS.xls Eqn of State for Gas/Liquid Equilibria; Alternative Fuels Data Center DOE; Toyota Mirai; Chevy Bolt; Is Ammonia the Fuel of the Future CEN 2021 ; ; Saudi Solar to ammonia; US Refueling Stations; South Africa refueling stations; Japan Hydrogen Refueling
Clean Energy for Sustainable Development, Titania to split water


Some Links for Class Fall 2022:
Cell Phone for HW groups
HW 1; Vertical Farming; Texas solar; Waste separation in Kenya; Furniture from plastic waste Kenya; Brain drain; Green charcoal DRC; Charcoal from waste; Botswana lab that discovered Omicron; Europe hydrogen highway; Green hydrogen in North Africa; Electric bus Kenya; High voltage DC from Africa to Europe"; Burning Forests for Energy isn't renewable ;
HW 2;
HW 3; Solar light Design A; Solar Light Design B ; Microcontroller ; NGO Solar Light; Panasonic ; Mouser.com ;
HW 4 ; Botswana Power Export; Morupule B problems ; wiki Marupule B ; Coal Plants since 2020 ; Wiki Coal Power Plant ; 20 min video coal plant ; Thermal Power Plants book p. 161 (add f at end to link) ; Africa Develoment Bank Report on Botswana Power plant; World Bank Assessment; Chinese Funding of Morupule B; 2015 Botswana government assessment ; 2019 situation ; 2020 Coal to liquid fuel ; Wiki Coal to Liquids; DOE Coal to Liquids ; Chinese Contribution to Africa Power
HW 5
HW 6
Climate Disaster is Here; Burning Fossil Fuel Reserves;Nigeria to Morroco Natural Gas Pipeline; Power Cable from Egypt to Greece; Bread in Zimbabwe and the Ukraine War; World Bank and Zambia; Is burning forests renewable?
HW 7
Overview of some new ideas; Vaneless Ion Wind Generator ; EWICON Delft University 2015; Ionic Wind Power (Richard Epstein); 2020 U Tube on SWET; Another video on SWET and ion generation of power
HW 8
Jonathan Webb App Harvest
HW 9 (Single Stage Still, Multi-Stage Still with heat of condensation recovery)
robotic farming
HW 10, Paper for HW 10, webpage for HW 10
HW 11 Due Wednesday November 9
HW 12 Due Wednesday November 16; Review of Solar biochar; Biochar vs Act. Carb. vs Charcoal; Biochar with solar pyrolysis; Gates Foundation funded toliet; Solar biochar from garbage; Solar Furnace for Biochar
HW 13 Due Wednesday November 23 ; 80 Acres Farm; App Harvest; Jonathan Webb (AppHarvest); Fair Planet; Small Robots; Aquaponics; Dickson Despomier (Simple); (Complex); 8 billion and counting Nov 15 2022; Dutch Vertical Farming Nov 21 2022
HW 14 Due December 9; PREOS.xls Eqn of State for Gas/Liquid Equilibria; Alternative Fuels Data Center DOE; Toyota Mirai; Chevy Bolt; Is Ammonia the Fuel of the Future CEN 2021 ; ; Saudi Solar to ammonia; US Refueling Stations; South Africa refueling stations; Japan Hydrogen Refueling

Class Recordings: T823 Passcode: ^k3@u!ze; R825; T830 %14Nibgk; R901 TK?F40.C; T906 wwS1%1k! ; R908 ?rMSKyG2 ; T913 ?d6+xRSd ; R915 7Uq6dX&h ; T920 35SpJQ1* ; R922 KT&b5*Nw; T27 2w*9pS6=; R29 =lD!gEc7; T1004 ZnD^7%Gb ; R1006 #n+=^uR4 ; T1011 3^Mu87T=; R1013 1B5=*#h$ ; T1018 z4M0*xX3 ; R1020 m$@0^zta ; T1025 A=9Rmr.D ; R1027 q9$W&8EH ; T1101 @3cY^V38 ; R1103 (recording failed); R1110 $G%?@9W4 ; T1115 No recording; R1117 #4I6&C8c ; T1122 Sd0%AR1= ; T1129 75*S7pys ;


Some Links for Class Fall 2021: Church Forests in Ethiopia, Forest in southeast Ethiopia, Solar Fire French NGO/Company for Solar Ovens, Electric Tuttut in Kenya and Za, ARCRide, MellowCabs, SuperCrictical CO2 for Rankin Cycle, HW 1 2021, Vertical Farming in Addis, China Vertical Farming, HW 2 2021, Student Kidnapping in Nigeria, Toledo Solar Panel Assembly Plant, HW 3 2021, HW 4 2021, HW 5, Max Talk, Max notes, Max questions, HW6, ppt non-PV solar, Hybrid-sulfur process (HyS) 2009, 2011, Africa's great green barrier in Cameroon, The grid in NY, The grid and on street charging, Passive solar cooling in India, HW 7, HW 8, (Paper for HW 8, webpage), Wash Post on Grid Problems (10/2021), Grid Lab, West Virginia Grid Study, NERC, HW 9 (Texas Grid Failure 2/21, WashPost Duke and NC, Electric Car Grid Updates), Drilling in the Okavango Basin, HW10 (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3), HW 11 (Paper 1; Paper 2; Paper 3), MaoBing Tu talk on biodiesel, Maobing Tu Paper 1, Paper 2, HW12

 

Some Links for Class Fall 2020: Electric scooters, World Popluation (World Bank), Lagos Growth, Interactive Population Denstiy Map for World, Privilege Video, Privilege Webpage, Movie (Add "l" to link at end to make ".html"), HW 1, Generators in Lagos, HW 2, HW3, HW4, HW 5 (Single Stage Still, Multi-Stage Still with heat of condensation recovery), HW 6, Corruption Index, HW7 (Paper for HW 7, webpage), HW 8, Great Renaissance Dam Project Article (comments at the end of the page are interesting), Police brutality in Nigeria, Africa's Great Green Wall,Great Green Wall, HW 9 (SARS, End SARS, Nigeria Pop, Three Futures, Xenophobia in SA, Nigeria and SA, Xenophobia in Durban, Ethiopia People, Oromo Somali Clashes),SARS Protests Video Interviews, HW 10 (Paper 1; Paper 2; Paper 3), Solar Energy Book Chapter 16 Industrial Processes (add f at end to link), Use of Solar and Wind in Petrochemical NREL, Pilot Scale Solar Reactor for Carbon Black, Coproduction of hydrogen and carbon black, HW11 (Paper for HW11), Wind Power Onshore, Wind Power Offshore, HW12, Environmental impact of large scale wind and solar in the Sahara, BBC Read Comments section on Science Article, Politics of Western Sahara Wind Farm, End to Cease Fire in Western Sahara (Nov 2020), Four Days in Western Sahara (Video), Western Sahara Wiki, Map of Wind Farm, Make Sahara Green by Painting it Black (with Solar panels?), Ancient Rivers, HW13, MaoBing Tu talk on biodiesel, Maobing Tu Paper 1, Paper 2, HW 14, Super solar still (Nature)


Some Links for Class Fall 2019: Solar is Freedom webpage, Paper on Wages in the Developing World, HW 2, HW 3 (Paper for HW 3, webpage), HW 3 (Paper for HW3; Paper 2; Paper 3), HW 4; HW 5 (Paper for HW 5); HW 6;


Some Links for Class Fall 2018: PVWatts Calculator (NREL), Renaissance Dam 2016 Talk UW, Web links for Perovskite and Graetzel Cells,


Some Links for Class Fall 2017: Why China is dominating the PV industry. , Minigrid in Tanzania, Power Grid in Tanzania, Off grid renewables in Tanzania, 9/12/17 Article on US Role in Rwanda Genocide in 1994, Article on UC contribuiton to solar development in Ethiopia, John Kalubi Bio, Groups 2017, Lead Acid Battery Technologies (ebook UC), Battery Slides from Class 9/14/17, Battery Manufacture in Kenya, Solar Energy Perspectives, Product Evaluation in Africa, Solar PV for Puerto Rico (Musk),Fastest Growing Power Source, Solar Cookers 10 Designs,

Some Links for Class Fall 2016: Gobal Partnership for Education; Design for Extreme Afordability; Fuel from Algae; Deforestation: Church Forests; African Startup CNN;Venture Capital for Africa; Bamboo; SunDazer; Climate Innnovation Center UK/Ethiopia; IceAddis; Grand Renaissance Dam 2016; Solar Energy Vision for Ethiopia (Business Plan for Large Effort 2012); Industrial Solar Water Heater Mek'elle; Solar Injera Baking;

Some Links for Class Fall 2015:
Kayla Presentation.pdf; December Trip.pdf (354 Mb), We come as friends (DN Report), The Next Africa (new book 2015 from amazon pages mising), TNA b, Peasant Revolution John Young Dissertation, link to John Young Book on amazon; Drought in Ethiopia 2015;
Taylor and Kelly Presentation.pptx; .pdf, Trip Itinerary, Talk about Project for AAiT, DDU

 



DESCRIPTION OF NGO WHITE PAPER



Slides for Class: 
Course Summary ppt, pdf
Maobing Tu Biodiesel
MingMing Lu Biochar
GS
Sid Thatham
Sean Behm Miami Fort Power Station, Miami Fort Power Station
Botswana Power Plant Marupol B, pdf
Hydrogen Economy ppt; pdf
Introduction PV pdf; Introduction PV pptx;
Graetzel Cell/Perovskite.ppt Graetzel Perovskite.pdf
Botswana Power Plant pdf; Botswana Power Plant ppt
Development Technology;
Non-PV Solar (ppt);
Wind Power; wind power ppt;
Fort Miami and grid pdf; Fort Miami ppt;
The Grid ; The Grid (ppt);
Deep Cycle Batteries; Employment in the Developing World

Slides 1 (2Mb), Slides 2 (5Mb), Slides 3 (PV Britton 1 Mb), Slides 4 (Energy H�rting),Wood Chip Energy in UK Article , Hydropower in Africa: Inga Video, Wave Energy Edinburgh, More Scot's and Waves Video, Solar Chimney Wiki, Solar Chimney VideoBig Plans for Chimney Video, Botswana Solar Chimney, Sources of Energy in the US (Interactive), Ethiopian Grid, Nigerian Power Grid, Energy Cost Comparison in Africa, Slides from ECCiA


                            Slides 5 (Mehta), Mehta web pages (
Kiva.org, Prosper.com), T-Shirt Travels
                            Prof. Schadrack Nsengiyumba (Rhodes University), Evariste Minanai (Kigali Institute of Education)
                            Emmanuel Jonah (UCT, Nigeria)
                            Prof. Goro Girma Gonfa (Haramaya, Ethiopia)
                            Kiravu 3 slides intro, Talk: Prof. Cheddi Kiravu U. Botswana
, Policy lessons for the advancement and diffusion of renewable energy around the world
                                Dr. Mussie Alemseghed Eritrea/Ethiopia/Organic Photovoltaics
                                NGO Slides

                                Alden Hathaway PEI 2013
                                Alden Hathaway (Solar Light for Africa) 2011       

                                Village Life Outreach Project
                                NanoPower For Africa (NPA)

                                Prof. Cheddi Kiravu (November 29, 2012 Presentation)



Link to supplementary material (add an l to the end of link so it ends .html)

Videos of Class 2013:  8/26 Class, All other classes
VIDEOS of CLASS 2012:  8/28 Course Logistics/Africa Overview (no tape), 8/30 Africa Overview (no tape), 9/4 Course Logistics/PV Systems
, 9/6 PV Systems, 9/11 Eritrea, 9/13 Last year trip to Ethiopia with UG's, 9/18 Nigeria, 9/20 Goro Gonfa Ethiopia, 9/25 South Africa, 9/27 Cameroon, 10/2, 10/4, 10/9, 10/11,
VIDEOS of CLASS 2011:  9/27/11, 9/29/11, 10/4/11, 10/6/11, 10/11/11, 10/13/11, 10/18/11, 10/20/11, 10/25/11, 10/27/11, 11/1/11, 11/3/11, 11/8/11, 11/10/11, 11/15/11, 11/17/11, 11/22/11, 11/29/11, 12/1/11
                                 
Catalog of Class 2012;  UC Catalog of this class 2011
Find the African Country Game; True Size.com (Map)
Solar Powered Internet School Article
,Article on Cost of Solar,


Ethiopia Trip:  Site Pictures, Site , Turkey Map 2015 British Foreign Service
 

Learning Objectives: Solar Power for Africa will introduce students from a broad range of backgrounds to the potential of photovoltaics in Africa for developing clean energy sources to replace fossil fuel systems; the course will discuss energy infrastructure in Africa in the context of development; students will learn about the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations and how this can impact Southern and East Africa; simple technologies for photovoltaics that are applicable to indigenous manufacture and use in sub-Saharan Africa will be considered mostly from a broad technical perspective; students will understand the basic installation of a photovoltaic system and other technologies for the utilization of solar energy; students will be exposed to how the culture and politics of Africa need to be considered in implementation of technological development on a local level; students will learn of the intricate web of stake holders in the sub-Saharan Africa region and specifically how these stake holders can work together using photovoltaics towards development goals; the implication and use and meaning of micro-finance in the spread of new technology in Africa will be discussed; students will learn specific case studies of the application of photovoltaics in various underdeveloped regions particularly focusing on success stories; Students will learn of some of the various NGO's involved in bringing photovoltaics to Africa and particularly how these organizations have grown and how they function in Africa; finally the students will discuss a particular effort at the University of Cincinnati involving a USAID program to develop higher education in Africa. 


Students will develop a group design proposal taking advantage of the backgrounds and interests of team members that will present a simple photovoltaic based problem that can be addressed through a new NGO.  Students will propose a location, technology and finance scheme as a white paper that could be sent to an organization such as USAID or other private organizations for funding.  The students will present their proposals as a group at the end of the quarter. 


The course will be taught with a web/video link to three African Universities:  University of Cape Town (South Africa), Haramaya University (Ethiopia), and Kigali Institute of Education (Rwanda), University of Botswana (Botswana), the Rhodes University (South Africa), Mekelle University (Ethiopia) and Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia).  Interaction between Cincinnati and African students will be encouraged.  The group design projects will involve members from African and US universities who will interact using Skype video conferencing.

 

Pedagogy:  The course will be presented as a seminar series of 40 to 50 minute presentations followed by a discussion of the presentation. Each presentation will have an associated assignment meant to reinforce the subject.  Reading materials associated with the presentations will be made available.  Students will be assessed by their participation in the discussion or, at their  discretion ,  by presenting written comments on the presentation each week (1 to 5 pages).

 

A design project/proposal will be required from small groups of students (3 to 5) seeking to develop a viable photovoltaic system that involves some component of local production and indigenous entrepreneurship. The project will propose a technology, location, micro-finance model and possible funding sources. The design proposal will be presented at the end of the quarter to the class.

 

An optional trip during December break to Ethiopia is planned to install a PV system in a clinic near Haramaya University.  The trip will be coordinated with Colleagues at Haramaya.  This experience will serve as a capstone for what was learned in the quarter.  (Cost for this optional trip is about $3,500 and will include a trip to historic Ethiopian sites.)  University Honors students must participate in the course and the travel component in order to count this as an honors experience. These students should also submit a proposal for a global honors experience which includes a budget, in order to apply for an honors grant to offset costs.  Fund raising for SLA by the class may also offset some of the cost for the trip.

 

Syllabus: (Some of the links below can only be opened from the University of Cincinnati Computer Network)

Week               Topic             

1                              Energy in the Third World and Off Grid Power  

                        Ibrahim Index 2013; Imbrahim Index 2015
Slides 1 (2Mb)

 Practical Action�s �three A�s� of Affordable, Accessible and Appropriate technology
   
Electric Capitalism: Recolonizing Africa on the Power Grid, David A. McDonald (2009)
    Energy Access in Africa Challenges.pdf
    Energy and the Millennium Development Goals
         Eight UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015

         MDG Score Card
    Energy Access for the Poor in East Africa
    Solar Resource Map, Africa Solar Map
    The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, W. Kamkwamba and B. Mealer (2009)

    Video of SPA classes associated with this section: Missing first day, 9/27/11

    Development Statistics

    Inga Video
    Steps Centre
    Technology and Innovation for Development: Appropriate Technologies; Business Model Laos Solar Lighting
    Slides 4 (Energy H�rting)
                 Wood Chip Energy in UK Video , Hydropower in Africa: Inga Video,
Wave Energy Edinburgh Video, More Scot's and Waves Video,
                 Solar Chimney Wiki, Solar Chimney VideoBig Plans for Chimney Video, Botswana Solar Chimney
Off Grid Power in the Developed World and the End of Centralized Power.
Obama $7B for Africa Energy;
GE Gas Power Plant Tanzania; Simbion Power; Video; Inga Dam Congo; Solar-Aid.org; Taehige Dam (Renaissance Dam) ; Video Renaissance Dam; Blue Nile first 20 min Ethiopia

 

Lightie Soda Bottle Light, Another article

 

Well Pictures A, B, C, D, E



    2                  Photovoltaic Devices and Technology

                            How to build a solar panel part 1, part 2, part 3

                       Power Ethiopia Business Plan.ppt
                       Power Ethiopia Business Plan.docx
                           Introduction to Renewable Energy On Line Course  from solarenergytraining.org


                        Deep Cycle Battery Manufacture Video
                        Deep Cycle Battery Tutorial
                        Home Made Battery
                        Making Lead Batteries in Nepal, Part 2

                        Electricity from Sunlight: An Introduction to Photovoltaics       
                        Highly Efficient Low Cost Photovoltaics
                        Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics
                 http://www.solarelectricityhandbook.com/
                        Applied Photovoltaics
                
Beaucage Notes on Semiconductors; Applied Photovoltaics Notes.ppt, .pdf; Czochralski Process video; Polycrystalline Silicon videoSilicon Plant video;
Wacker Video Polysilicon; Amorphous vs polysilicon vs single crystal; First Solar Perryville; Ohio 2'nd in Solar in US; Xunlight Toledo; Willard & Kelsey Perrysville; Solar Efficiency Chart;

Chapter 1 Sunlight; Chapter 2 Semiconductors; Chapter 3 PV Behavior; Chapter 4 PV Properties
                           Appendix A1; Black body radiation derivations;

                        Solar Cell Efficiency versus Manufacturing Costs Models.pdf
                        Multijunction Solar Cells.pdf (Boeing slides)
                        PV Design Web Course
                        Vikram Kuppa: Organic Photovoltaics.pptx .pdf
                        Video of SPA classes associated with this section:
9/29/11,
                            Printed Electronics, David Britton UCT.ppt; .pdf

                            Gr�tzel Cells.ppt; .pdf

                       
                            David Britton 2013.ppt, .pdf

                            Vikram Kuppa 2013.pdf, .ppt

2a Taylor Aho's Solar Lantern Project
                           Alfredo Mosser; Assembly of a Solar Lantern; circuit diagram; Solar Lanterns in the Phillipines;
                           
Taylor Costs, Circuit Diagram; Photos From Dire Dawa for MRS Bulletin;


    3                  Non-PV Solar Technology  Slides.pptx, Slides.pdf

                            Solar
                            Solar Energy Engineering
                            Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius

                            Solar Water System Design

                            Solar Water Pump Web Page
                            Solar Water Pump ppt

Metal Hydrides for Solar Energy Storage

Other redox systems Solar Thermal H2 (SANDIA Study)

Iran Wind Catchers
                            Solar Desalinization   

                           Passive Solar Heat

Evaporative Coolers

                           Need for Ice in Somalia
                           Solar Ice Makers   
                           Solar Refrigerator (Scientific American)

                           Three types of Solar Refrigerator
                           Simple Activated Carbon/Methanol Refrigerator (Egypt)
                           Activated Carbon/Methanol Refrigerator (Hong Kong)
                           Analysis of Carbon/Methanol Refrigerarot (Saudi Arabia)
                           ISAAC Solar Ice Maker to Preserve Milk in Kenya

                           ZnO Dissertation
                           
                           Biogas, How to build a biogas digester, Biogas Digester assembly
                           

    4                  Social Entrepreneurship and

                           Entrepeneurship in Ethiopia.pdf, Mekelle University Center, Power Ethiopia.pdf, .doc, .ppt
                            Mara Foundation; Article on Mara                   
                           Talk October 16, 2012
                            ppt, pdf,
Kiva.org, Prosper.com

                            T-Shirt Travels

                            Video of SPA classes associated with this section:  10/11/11

                               
                            Community Engagement through Micro-finance and the Entrepreneurial Approach
                            Making Finance work for Africa (Cincinnati access only) Finance for Africa.pdf
                            Barefoot Power
                            Sungevity as a model?
                            Social Innovation 12 minute video
                            Tom's Shoes, Product Red, Ushahidi,

                            ViewChange.org videos on Social Innovation
                            Micro-finance in Rural Communities in Southern Africa. Human Sciences Research Council (2002)

                            The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits.  C. K. Prahalad (2010).

                          Ethiopian Small Business Startup, Purses for Export Market

    5                  Southern and East African Culture and Politics
                           World Bank Relocation in Gambella, Ehtiopia

                          2014 Story on similar topic
                            Historical Memory in Africa

                            Essays

                            Africa and the Americas
                            BBC The Story of Africa
                            The Africa Map Project

                            Eritrea and Ethiopia Mussie Alemseghed 2012
                           

Meles Zenawi youtube video
Mussie Alemseghed Eritrea 2013
Video 1 hour of Ethiopian History (Orthodox Church) and Tourist Sites
Prof. Girma Goro Gonfa talk on Ethiopia

                            UK Foreign Ministry Ethiopia Advise
                            Separatist Map of Africa
                            December 2011 Trip To Haramaya with 5 Students
                            Coastal Nigeria - Patricia Okafor ppt; pdfI Pass My Neighbour (status symbol to own a genset in Nigeria)
                                Video on Niger Delta Oil Thievery
                            Emmanuel Jonah (UCT, Nigeria)
                           
C. Mkhize South Africa (Rhodes University) , RFK Affirmation Speech 1966 UCT   

                            Cameroon
                           Claire South Africa Cape Town
                                              

     6             The role of stakeholders in photovoltaic development: Governments, NGOs, USAID, World Bank, private sector and educational institutions (Slides 3)
    USAID in Africa Rwanda Solar Power   
    Silences in NGO discourse: The role and future of NGOs in Africa.  Issa. G. Shivji  (2007)
    NGO's Africa and the Global Order.  Robert Pinkney (2009)
    Snakes in Paradise: NGOs and the Aid Industry in Africa.  Hans Holmen (2009)

                            Understanding Land Investment in Africa, Oakland Instutitute
    Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem and the role of NGOs (web page)
    Pros & Cons of NGOs in Africa (Africa News)

                           

                            BBC Comments on NGOs in Africa
    NGOs in Kenya

                            Human Rights NGO's in Africa   
    NGOs emphasize the negative

                           
    How to Start a Small NGO
    NGOs and Katrina (Rand Corp)
    International NGOs and Katrina
    Wiki on international aid for Katrina
                


    7                  Case Study for Government Sponsored Photovoltaics in the Third World:  Cuba

                            The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil.  Faith Morgan, Eugene Murphy, Megan Quinn (2009 Video).

    8                  Case Studies for NGO Sponsored Photovoltaics in the Third World:
    Village Life Outreach Project, Emily Roush
    Solar Electric Light Fund & Solar Light for Africa

                               Engineers Without Borders Kevin
    Alden Hathaway: Literature from Solar Light for Africa, http://www.solarlightforafrica.org/Solar_Light_for_Africa_Home.html
    Solar Electric Light Fund:  www.self.org
    Sun Power Foundation: http://www.sunpower.org/, http://www.solarenergyfoundation.com/sefpurpose.htm   

                            One Million Lights: http://onemillionlights.org/http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wldVcfMv6v0
    Practical Action Foundation: http://practicalaction.org/
    Sustainable Development for All-Kenya: http://www.sustainabledevelopmentforall.org/about-us/about-us.html
    Solar-Aid: http://www.solar-aid.org/
    Solar Energy for Africa: http://www.solarenergyforafrica.com/
    Solafrica.ch: http://solafrica.ch/
    Rural Energy Foundation: http://www.ruralenergy.nl/
    Ashden Awards: http://www.ashdenawards.org/
    SunPower Afrique: http://www.sunpowerafrique.org/
    Energy for Opportunity: http://www.energyforopportunity.org/
    Lighting Africa (Phaesun Asmara plc)
   
Bright Lights Small Villages (article)
   
Chasing the Sun: Solar Adventures Around the World.  Neville Williams (2005)

                            UN Africa Renewal

                            NYTimes Bringing Solar Power to Africa's Poor 9/23/09; NYTimes 12/25/10
    ABC story on Solar Power in Africa 6/10
    CNN story 8/23/10
    Independent  1/30/09
    Time May 2010
    Earth Ship Construction Methods
   

     9                  Case Studies for Photovoltaic Production in the Third World: India, Indonesia, Uganda, others cases.
   
Chasing the Sun: Solar Adventures Around the World.  Neville Williams (2005)
    Solar Energy for Africa, LTD (Uganda)


     10                  Higher Education and Photovoltaics in sub-Saharan Africa

                            Congressional Hearing on HED (2008)

                            NanoPower Africa (2010), ppt
                            Human Development Report

     11                 Presentation of Design Proposals
                            Project.ppt

                            Slides NGO.ppt; .pdf
                            How to start an NGO in 10 steps (short)
                            Book on NGO management (long)
                                (same book different format for download)
                            Solar Power in Ethiopia
                            Solar Green Houses in India
                            NGO Regulation in Kenya (ca. 2000)

                            How to establish an NGO in Ethiopia
                            NGO Law in Sub Saharan Africa   
                            How NGOs can do less harm more good 
                            Networking
                           
Text on different projects: http://practicalaction.org/