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How Can Smart Cities Benefit Emerging Countries?
Creating and upgrading smart cities is seen as a key route to maintaining the standard of living in a sprawling city.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation, WASH
- Region
- Global
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OPEC Fund Financing Clean Cooking Energy Transition in Madagascar
The grant funding will provide technical assistance support for Madagascar’s National Clean Cooking Transition Programme.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: ENGIE Partners With CarbonClear to Finance the Access to Energy Challenge in Africa Through the Voluntary Carbon Market
A landmark partnership was signed today to foster the sustainable development and access to energy financing in Africa through the Voluntary Carbon Markets.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Decentral Raises $12 Million to Provide Solar to Businesses in South Africa
The Johannesburg, South Africa-based company is getting $12.1 million to expand its project portfolio in South Africa.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Fuel Subsidy: Nigerian Government Secures $800 Million World Bank Facility
The finance minister said the $800 million is the first tranche of palliatives will be transferred to 50 million Nigerians, who belong to the most vulnerable category of society.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NSIA, Vitol Sign $50 Million Deal for Carbon Removal Projects
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) says it has completed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Vitol to invest in a range of carbon avoidance and removal projects.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: DFC Approves More Than $655 Million of Investments to Bolster Infrastructure, Energy Security, Food Security, and Healthcare in Q2 of FY2023
The transactions will support U.S. foreign policy and development priorities across the globe.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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New Report Shines Spotlight on E-Mobility Innovators Unlocking Access to the US $3.65 Billion Motorcycle Market in Sub-Saharan Africa
Electric motorcycles are set to be a dominant force in sub-Saharan Africa’s sustainable mobility transformation.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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