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Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers, Basigo Roll Out High-Volume Electric Bus Assembly Plant, Target 1000 Units by 2027
Basigo Kenya Managing Director Moses Nderitu said the new pilot plant will pave way for serial production moving from three units to 20 units per month by the end of the year.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-mobility
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Press Release: Spark+ GP Announces Second and Third Closings of Spark+ Africa Fund With Current AUM of USD $64 Million
Spark+ is the first impact debt fund dedicated to growing the clean cooking sector across sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Reshaping Africa’s Food Systems: Three Opportunities to Drive Sustainable, Inclusive and Scalable Impact
Africa's agricultural sector is plagued by low yields, fragmented value chains and a large finance gap, and the region is home to 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. As Neil Wood, Oscar Garza and Hanna Dohrenbusch at Open Capital explain, these challenges have brought the sector to a critical juncture. They share three key solutions based on Open Capital's work on 450+ agriculture and food systems projects across Africa, which have the power to help drive the future of agriculture on the continent in the decades to come.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
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Malaria Vaccine Rollout Shines Light on Value of Renewable Power
Millions to be vaccinated in huge public health effort against Malaria, which kills 608,000 a year.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How Improved Housing in Under-served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience
Housing is a crucial entry point to advance climate goals and sustainable development.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SEforALL Partners With Clean Energy Developers To Deploy Solar And Battery Storage Systems Across Nigeria
These partnerships will facilitate the deployment of high-capacity solar and battery storage systems to businesses and institutions across the country.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SunCulture Raises $27 Million in Series B Round From Investors Including Netflix Co-Founder
SunCulture supplies small solar-powered water pumps, the cost of which is subsidised by the sale of carbon credits, to small-scale farmers, allowing them to replace diesel-powered pumps in some cases and boost yields in fields that weren’t previously irrigated.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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$12 Million From InfraCo to Develop SunCulture’s Solar Irrigation Offering in Kenya
The 12 million dollars will support the Kenyan company's expansion in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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