• Mindfulness at Work

    • May 13, 2020
    • Posted by: 'Biola Odunaiya
    • Category: Blog, Hacks and Tips, Humans of HHS
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    A mindful employee is a productive team member! Research by organizational psychologists reveals that  mindfulness leads to better workplace functioning and the prevention of psychological stress, burnout and the likes. Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed

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  • What are the components of a mini-grid?

    • February 17, 2020
    • Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
    • Category: Blog
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    A picture of a village by the shore. - Components of a mini-grid

    What makes up a mini-grid? Our last article explained mini-grids and why they are considered for off-grid rural communities. This article would highlight the components of a mini-grid.  A mini-grid will have three major parts namely – Generation, Distribution and Customer connection. We briefly explain these below: Generation Power can be generated using different sources

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  • What does Universal Energy Access need?

    • May 22, 2019
    • Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
    • Category: Blog
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    NASA Images, What does Universal Energy Access need - Havenhill Synergy, Mini-Grid Developers, Solar Energy Company in Abuja, Nigeria

    What does Universal Energy Access need? Worldwide, there’s a keen interest in improving energy access as regards the Sustainable Development Goal 7. The United Nations SDG Goal 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy has a significant impact on the other 16 Sustainable Development Goals to develop our world. Out of the 1 billion people worldwide,

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  • Energy access: a tool for poverty alleviation in rural communities

    • February 27, 2019
    • Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
    • Category: Blog
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    An article describing how energy access is a tool to be used in poverty alleviation in rural communities by Havenhill Synergy, solar mini-grid developers in Abuja, Nigeria.

    Energy access: a tool for poverty alleviation in rural communities By Oluwatobi Soyombo This afternoon, we read with huge concern the article published on VoxDev about the limitations of rural electrification. While this study isn’t based on datasets from rural communities in Nigeria, we consider it important to respond to some of the points in

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  • Havenhill Synergy Wins Best Track Award (2A) at the Africa Regional Round of the Empower a Billion Lives Competition

    • January 18, 2019
    • Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
    • Category: Blog, News
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    Havenhill Synergy Wins Best Track Award (2A) at the Africa Regional Round of the Empower a Billion Lives Competition We are delighted to announce that our team claimed the Best Track Award (2A) at the just concluded Africa Regional Round of the Empower a Billion Lives competition in Johannesburg, South Africa - a global competition hosted by IEEE to develop scalable solutions to energy poverty.

    We are delighted to announce that our team claimed the Best Track Award (2A) at the just concluded Africa Regional Round of the Empower a Billion Lives competition in Johannesburg, South Africa – a global competition hosted by IEEE to develop scalable solutions to energy poverty. The online round of competition started in May 2018

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  • What is Decentralised Energy?

    • December 3, 2018
    • Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
    • Category: Blog
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    An image showing decentralised energy systems

    What is Decentralized Energy? The current power system in Nigeria is a centralised system where electricity is generated from large power plants that are located away from end users, connected to a network of high-voltage transmission lines and distributed through the electric power grid. So, what is decentralised energy? Decentralised energy is energy that is

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