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Press Release: IFC and SIMA Launch $150 Million Solar Green Bond for African Solar Developers alongside Finland and GEAPP
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC and other financiers have reached the first close of a $150 million solar green bond, which will finance productive-use solar projects throughout Africa.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda-Based Electric Cooking Startup PowerUP Announces Successful Initial Close of its Seed Round
PowerUP is at the forefront of transforming cooking habits in Africa, introducing households to a new era of clean and efficient electric cooking.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Bboxx Commits to Africa’s Future as It Moves Global HQ to Rwanda
Bboxx is planning to train nearly 1000 more Rwandans in the next 5 years and invest USD$100 million in the country.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Beyond Illumination: An Off-Grid Energy Provider in Indonesia Innovates to Maximize the Impact of Solar Home Systems
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 18,000 scattered islands, faces unique energy access challenges. Hanko Scheffers at All Solar World discusses the obstacles to rural electrification in the country, and explores how All Solar World has addressed them through its unique take on solar home systems (SHS). He explains how the company has innovated on the technology itself (through features like Wi-Fi integration), while also optimizing its dissemination network and financing options, in an effort to maximize the reach and impact of SHS in rural communities.
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- Energy, Technology
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Statement on New Cookstoves Study
Verra gives a response to the recent research paper from University of California, Berkeley, looking at clean cookstove methodologies, published in the journal Nature Sustainability.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Cookstove Carbon Offsets Overstate Climate Benefit by 1,000%, Study Finds
Cookstove projects are one of the fastest-growing carbon offset schemes but research finds carbon benefits are vastly overstated.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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India Announces Scheme to Install Rooftop Solar on 10 Million Homes
The scheme is intended to not only reduce the electricity bill of the poor and middle class but also make India self-reliant in the field of energy.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Exxon Files Lawsuit Against Investors’ Climate Proposal
Exxon says the investors are "driven by an extreme agenda" and that their repeated proposals do not serve investors' interests or promote long-term shareholder value.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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