The United States Agency for International Development, in partnership with the Government of Sweden, Duke Energy Corporation, the Government of Germany, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, is funding market-based clean energy solutions for agriculture in developing countries under the Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) Second Global Innovation Call.

The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) has published the inaugural issue of the African Technopolitan - a biannual magazine with analysis and commentary on how science, technology and innovation can be harnessed to address Africa’s fundamental development challenges.