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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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Services include consulting on renewable energy projects, implementing smart metering and utility management systems, and installing solar-based systems at hotels, offices, and manufacturing plants. “To To a large extent, I wouldn’t be the person I am today if not for the support from the IEEE and IEEE Foundation.”

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This Rwandan Engineer is Learning How to Manage Humanitarian Projects

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The IEEE member from Kigali, Rwanda, participated in installing portable sinks in nearby rural markets to curb the spread of COVID-19 and provided clean water and sanitation services to people displaced by the Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption in 2021. She also got involved in organizing conferences in Africa.

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Mercedes-Benz EQC electric crossover makes US debut at CES 2019

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A special feature of Interior Assistant is the personal favorites function, which is initiated using a horizontally outstretched index and middle finger. The high-safety design begins with the installation position of the high-voltage battery beneath the vehicle floor. The full test program comprises more than 500 individual tests.

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Artisanal Cement Tiles Inspired by Modernist Homes

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If Indiana Jones took a turn toward the elegant and developed an obsession with textiles, he might be a bit like Louis Barthélemy, the French illustrator and designer who travels to Africa and the Middle East to work with weavers and craftspeople who are skilled in traditional techniques.

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IEEE Foundation Celebrates 50 Years of Philanthropy

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I have personally witnessed how these contributions have made a meaningful and lasting impact. Contributing to IEEE and the IEEE Foundation extends our possibilities beyond our own beliefs and enhances people’s lives, both professionally and personally,” Rahman said. He and his wife have been donors for decades. “I million people.

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Building a Fleet of Personal EVs in Kenya

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ARC Ride is also installing battery-swapping stations around the city. A key person involved in the critical tasks of assembling, servicing, and testing the company’s vehicles and related products is Magdalene Maluta. It also has plans to expand to other cities in Kenya as well as neighboring countries in East Africa. “We

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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As part of that effort, she installed and operated a receiving station to acquire and analyze data from the U.S. Her team’s research program included projects in Australia and Africa. They reinforced the perception that Dresselhaus was a truly amazing person as well as a trailblazer.”