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PwC Takes Over Koko Networks After Clean-Cooking Startup Enters Administration
The collapse caps nearly two years of worsening financial and operational pressure, including in 2024 when Koko was forced to pivot to more expensive and often insufficient local supply, a shift insiders say squeezed margins and destabilised its fuel logistics.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Rockefeller Foundation Report Finds Nuclear Energy Could Deliver up to 30% Electricity Generation for Emerging Economies
New data from Brazil, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, and South Africa show that nuclear — including next-generation SMRs — could deliver up to 30% of electricity generation and lower system costs by up to 31% by 2050 compared to renewables-only pathways.
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- Environment
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- Global
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GoCab: $45 Million Raised To Expand Electric Mobility And Ethical Vehicle Financing Across Africa
Operationally, GoCab said it now employs more than 120 people across five countries and that it generates more than $17 million in annual recurring revenue after roughly 18 months of operations.
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- Energy, Environment, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: After 2030: Defending the Global Goals in an Age of Retreat
If the SDGs are to be replaced or reimagined after 2030, the most urgent task is to identify what must not be lost.
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- Agriculture, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Global
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Burkina Faso Launches $1.16 Billion UN-Supported Food Systems Programme Under National Development Plan
The agreement, announced on February 7 by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, is designed to support food and nutritional sovereignty over the medium term while anchoring humanitarian and stabilisation spending within a broader development framework.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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‘I Can’t Afford Cooking Gas,’ Shutdown of Kenya’s Koko Biofuel Firm Wipes Out Clean Cooking Options
In Nairobi's informal settlements, the closure of Kenyan supplier Koko Networks has left thousands of households without access to clean bioethanol cooking fuel.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Productive Use Has Challenges: What’s Holding the Sector Back — And How Companies and Investors Should Respond
Productive use of renewable energy (PURE) technologies such as solar irrigation, cold storage and agro-processing can have a transformative impact in Africa and other emerging markets. But though the potential of these technologies is undeniable, the scale isn’t. As Daniel Waldron, Chris Emmott and Kristi Chon at Acumen, and Duda Slawek at Open Capital explain, few agricultural companies are delivering PURE solutions, and fewer still are growing fast enough to meet the scope of the problems they are trying to solve. They share new research and analysis that illuminate the challenges that are holding the sector back, and propose three ways forward.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
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Analysis: Rising Coal Demand Overshadows Southeast Asia’s Transition to Renewable Energy
Indonesia is the world’s largest coal exporter and Southeast Asia’s biggest carbon emitter making it vital for the region ’s energy transition.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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