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Recent Updates from the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project

Force of Water: Duke University Screening

Join us for a panel discussion featuring Andrea Johnson (Green Empowerment), Jonathan Phillips, Dr. Jeseth Delgado-Vela, and Kay Jowers, following a special screening of Force of Water, a documentary that highlights the efforts of two communities—one in Ecuador and one in Uganda—as they mobilize to construct their own piped water systems.

January 16, 2025

Powering Progress: Energy, Development, and Collaboration in South Sudan

Join Luol Deng, former NBA star and philanthropist, John Prendergast, human rights advocate and co-founder of The Sentry, and Anteneh Addisu, Duke alum and social innovation entrepreneur, to explore renewable energy, collaboration, and transformative development in South Sudan.

January 10, 2025

Graduate Student Teams from Around the World Compete to Address Energy Business Challenges in Emerging Markets

Teams from Syracuse, Duke and McGill universities were collectively awarded $15,000 for developing energy business models for Ugandan e-mobility company Zembo.

November 15, 2024

Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition 2024 – Final Rounds

Join us for the 12th annual Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition, where finalist teams will present their innovative proposals for Zembo, an e-mobility leader in Uganda!

November 8, 2024

How Can Energy Transitions Balance Growth, Decarbonization, and Human Development?

Catch up on a recent high-level discussion at the Nest Climate Campus during New York Climate Week, which explored the challenges faced by low- and middle-income countries in addressing urgent climate adaptation and development needs while pursuing clean energy transitions that prioritize human flourishing.

October 29, 2024

CRISP 2024 Research Award

EAP received a Duke Climate Research Innovation Seed Program (CRISP) award to research “Monetizing Resilience to Mobilize Climate Capital: Understanding the Value of Climate-Smart Agriculture in East Africa”.

May 3, 2024
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