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PRESS RELEASE: Tech-based social solutions competition looking for nominations
The competition, organized by Siemens Stiftung, seeks to identify innovative technical solutions to tackle global challenges in basic supply in the developing world.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Health Care, Technology
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- infrastructure
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July’s Most Popular Posts on NextBillion: From the value of female mobile money agents to the power of Latin America’s BoP
From the benefits of training women as mobile money agents to the remarkable size and vibrancy of Latin America's BoP, the month of July brought some compelling content to NextBillion. We highlight the three most-read and most-shared posts of the month.
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- Agriculture, Energy
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To save forests, a tea factory brews up a new way to dry tea
The first thing that strikes you as you enter the Makomboki Tea Factory is the air. It's clear, absent of the dark smoke that billows from the boilers of Kenya's other tea factories.Of the 66 tea factories under the management of the Kenya Tea Development Authority, Makomboki is the only one that doesn't use firewood in the processing of its tea.
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- Energy, Environment
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- forests
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Norwegian fund giant to sell its stakes in companies over environmental concerns
Norway's $1.15 trillion Cdn sovereign-wealth oil fund announced this week that it will sell its stakes in four Asian companies over environmental concerns, underlining how willing it is to take an activist approach to companies that fail to meet its ethical standards.
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- Energy, Environment
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- impact investing
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5 African Cleantech Startups You Need To Watch
African entrepreneurs and technologists are coming up with solutions to solve their own energy problems.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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A Solar Power-Charging Backpack Made From Recycled Plastic
Fledgling social enterprise Rethaka sells backpacks for school kids that do a few things at once: Made from recycled plastic bags, they first of all address the plague of waste from that material. And with a charger powered by solar energy, they provide light for children who lack electricity at home, while also reducing the use of kerosene, which causes a great many accidents and illnesses. Its CEO, 22-year-old Thato Kgatlhanye, founded the company and developed the product, called Repurpose Schoolbags, while attending a university in Johannessburg, South Africa.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pope’s Climate Push At Odds With U.S. Catholic Oil Investments
Pope Francis heartened environmentalists around the world in June when he urged immediate action to save the planet from the effects of climate change, declaring that the use of "highly polluting fossil fuels needs to be progressively replaced without delay."
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- Energy, Environment
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- renewable energy
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The $7 trillion solar tsunami in our midst
Solar power costs just keep on falling, and with $7 trillion of investment piling into the sector, the momentum is now unstoppable.
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- Energy, Environment
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- renewable energy, solar