From January 20th to 24th, 2025 the second capacity building session for SophiA4Africa trainers will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon! This second edition, organized by 2iE – International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering of Burkina Faso and the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon, will enable teaching and technical staff from the University of Yaoundé I to acquire essential skills and knowledge in the following areas related to SophiA concepts: water treatment technologies, sustainable refrigeration using natural refrigerants, and solar photovoltaic and thermal technologies.
The provisional program is as follows:
📅 Days 1 & 2 : Solar photovoltaic technologies and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems integrated into SophiA solutions.
📅 Day 3 : Sustainable refrigeration, use of natural refrigerants, and safety issues.
📅 Day 4 : Solar thermal technologies and high-temperature heat processes.
📅 Day 5 : Water treatment technologies.
We thank our technical partners for their valuable contributions to the training materials and oral presentations: University of Applied Sciences of Karlsruhe (HKA), Institute for Solar Technology & University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (SPF-OST), and Simply Solar.
For the full agenda, click on the following Link.
Useful links:
Arrival of SophiA equipment in Cameroon – Link
Technical training in Burkina Faso – Link
New SophiA technology: PVmedPort – Link
New SophiA technology: Solar steam from Scheffler reflectors – Link
