Visiting Rotarian: Senyo Agbedra, Rotary Club of Sunyani Central.
No formal program this week. The meeting was hosted by Andra & Lyn who prepared a wonderful dinner for us as a club fundraiser. Thank you for a wonderful evening!
Reminders
ROSTER UPDATE – We are updating our membership roster at present. If you have any changes that you would to make (email, phone number, photo, etc) please let Gill know.
District Conference - starts on Friday at Nanaimo Conference Centre
Next Week: Our Installation is June 16 at Frankie’s Modern Diner 6750 Island Highway North, Suite 102. We’ve opted for a 60’s theme so dust off your love beads, your sandals, stick some flowers in your hair, or dig out that mini skirt… Frankie’s is located where Moxie’s used to be in the Costco centre. Start time is 6:00. The installation will give us a chance to see if Frankie’s could be a meeting location for us.
NORTHWIND EDITOR – In July, we’ll be looking for a new Northwind editor. It’s a fairly straightforward process that, if a Luddite like me can manage, anyone can. So, please give the matter some thought and let me or Craig know if you are interested. Doing the bulletin really keeps you in the loop!
The main message of a new report from Kofi Annan’s Africa Progress Panel, Power, People, Planet: Seizing Africa’s Energy and Climate Opportunities is for expanded investments in renewable energy. The report calls for a ten-fold increase in power generation to provide all Africans with access to electricity by 2030. This would reduce poverty and inequality, boost growth, and provide the climate leadership that is sorely missing at the international level.
"We categorically reject the idea that Africa has to choose between growth and low-carbon development," said Kofi Annan, Chair of the Africa Progress Panel. "Africa needs to utilize all of its energy assets in the short term, while building the foundations for a competitive, low-carbon energy infrastructure."
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 621 million people lack access to electricity – and this number is rising. Excluding South Africa, which generates half the region’s electricity, Sub-Saharan Africa uses less electricity than Spain. It would take the average Tanzanian eight years to use as much electricity as an average American consumes in a single month. And over the course of one year someone boiling a kettle twice a day in the United Kingdom uses five times more electricity than an Ethiopian consumes over the same year.
