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Solar energy: African economies’ secret weapon
In recent years, the continent has become a haven for renewable energy, spearheaded by small, tech savvy companies keen on capitalizing off of the global south's hunger for energy.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Base of the Pyramid, solar
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May’s Most Popular Posts on NB
This month’s most popular posts examined the expansion of solar business in India, a recent report by Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and new ideas in impact assessment.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- solar
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Argentina builds first-ever solar neighborhood to fight energy poverty
A solar power project in Buenos Aires is providing electricity for some of the city's poorest households. Volunteers are hoping to create Argentina's first green community - one rooftop at a time.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Latin America
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- rural development, solar
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Selling Solar Panels on the Installment Plan in Africa
Some solar startups are addressing the problem with creative financing models.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- solar
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Energy access for all in Africa: does enterprise hold the key?
Local companies, international groups and charities are all using business approaches to improve access to clean, safe energy
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- Energy, Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Base of the Pyramid, solar
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A Nano cool device to take vaccines to remote areas
One of the major challenges in rural healthcare programme is preserving vaccines in the right temperature, especially in power-deficient villages.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NextThought Monday: Barefoot Power looks to reduce the cost of living off-grid in India
Founded in 2005, Barefoot Power has created affordable lighting and phone charging products tailored for low-income markets – including 20 developing countries across Africa, America and, more recently, China. To ensure that Barefoot Power can rapidly expand within the focus states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh by mid-2013 and make safe and affordable energy options more accessible, the company is focused on a two-pronged distribution approach.
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- Energy
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A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Irrigation to Poor Farmers
A proposed system uses mirrors to increase the power of a solar panel and pump water to crops.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment
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