Nanotechnology in the Service of Solar Energy Systems: Innovation and Co-Creation Consulting
Africa has an exceptional solar resource that can be harnessed for electricity generation and for thermal applications. The desert regions of North Africa and some parts of Southern and East Africa enjoy particularly long sunny days with a high intensity of irradiation. Solar energy can be utilised at various scales, making it suitable from the household and community levels to industrial and national scale operations.
Our societies are facing a great challenge: the energy crisis. by enhancing renewable energy and energy efficiency, the millennium sustainable development goals could be achieved throughout Africa. the concept of nano-energy has emerged as a versatile platform that could generate cost-effective and environmentally acceptable products and processes as solutions to the energy and the global sustainability challenges facing our societies today.
Our first strategic objective is to contribute to the design and development of innovative products, services, and/or processes using green nanotechnology which are aimed at addressing social, economic and environmental sustainability needs in Africa and beyond.
The Nanotechnology Research and Innovation Bootcamps. Thanks to the African Materials Research Society (AMRS) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) for organizing and sponsoring such a great event for young African innovators, scientists, researchers and students.
