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Pancontinental says first oil discovered offshore Kenya

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The Sunbird-1 oil is the historic first-ever oil discovery offshore Kenya. We believe that this is a play- opening discovery in Kenya’s Lamu Basin. Because of the Sunbird discovery we expect to see a significant increase in industry interest offshore Kenya. —Barry Rushworth, Pancontinental’s CEO. Location map.

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Trademark Hotel Launches Electric Car Hotel Transfer Service in Nairobi

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The Trademark Hotel has become the first hotel in Kenya to adopt electric vehicles for its passenger shuttle service. Gigiri is also where the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is based. Trademark is a 4-star hotel situated in Nairobi’s Gigiri area.

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Roam Launches Next-Generation Electric Motorcycle — The Roam Air

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The Roam Air is designed both for urban and rural environments. Motorcycles are a really big deal in Kenya and across the rest […]. Roam has today announced the launch of its next-generation electric motorcycle, the Roam Air.

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Deadline for applying for Keeling Curve Prize is 10 Feb; $250K for 10 projects

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Previous winners have fixed carbon into stone in Iceland, produced biofuels in Kenya, and helped corporations around the world set and achieve emissions goals. of the International Institute for Environment and Development; Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D., The competition is open until 10 Feb to applicants from around the world.

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Biliti Electric begins to build facility to produce battery packs, E3Ws in Hyderabad – ET Auto

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Biliti has deployed vehicles and batteries across 15 countries and 5 continents, with the vision to leverage batteries as distributed energy resources, particularly in urban environments, contributing to energy storage and grid stabilization at scale, the release added.

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Video Friday: Fluidic Fingers

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In this work, we propose a novel bug algorithm named ‘Sniffy Bug’, which allows a fully autonomous swarm of gas-seeking nano quadcopters to localize a gas source in an unknown, cluttered and GPS-denied environments. Its design allows the robot to split into two agents to perform tasks in parallel for biped and snake mobility. Thanks, Fan!

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The Africa Electric Mobility Week Exhibition Is On This Saturday In Karen, Nairobi!

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The event will feature over 20 e-mobility companies and attract over 1,000 attendees from the transport, energy, environment, education, and finance sectors, as well as the general public. This Saturday, the 29th of October, there will be a 1-day electric mobility exhibition at the Waterfront Mall in Karen, Nairobi!

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