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Press Release: Driving the Transition: Bboxx and Spiro Team Up to Accelerate Africa’s EV Transition
The alliance will accelerate the delivery of EV motorcycles (e-motos) to customers whose livelihoods depend on access to inexpensive transport across East and West African markets.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mufin Green Finance Raises $1 Million From Shell Foundation
The funding is aimed at catalyzing commercial debt by enabling Mufin to leverage approximately $40-60 million debt over five years.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- e-mobility
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Analysis: Indonesia’s EV Mission Will Be Trickier Than Just Mining Nickel
Southeast Asia’s biggest economy wants to use its booming battery-metals sector as a springboard to become a global player in electric vehicles.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- South Asia
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- e-mobility, mining
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Analysis: ‘Global China’ Is a Big Part of Latin America’s Renewable Energy Boom, but Homegrown Industries Are Key
Lithium, essential for EV batteries, could be South America’s white gold.
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- Energy, Transportation
- Region
- Latin America
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- e-mobility, mining, renewable energy, solar, wind
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Malaysia’s reNIKOLA Seeks up to $438 Million for Renewable Energy Projects
Uptake of renewable power is rising quickly in South and Southeast Asia as their booming economies grapple with power cuts due to a weak power grid and climate change.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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G20 Bloc Fails to Reach Agreement on Cutting Fossil Fuels
The Group of 20 (G20) major economies meeting in India failed on Saturday to reach consensus on phasing down fossil fuels following objections by some producer nations.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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GOGLA Launches a Handbook for Policymakers Aiming to Scale the Productive Use of Renewable Energy
Along with the Government of Uganda, a national Roadmap to scale the productive use of solar energy is also being launched in Kampala.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Why Domestic Solar Manufacturing Could Turbocharge Africa’s Energy Transition
Solar factories are beginning to spring up across Africa, helping create favorable conditions for growth and acceptance of the technology.
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- Energy, Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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