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The Private Sector Was Already There: Why Africa Must Include Small and Medium Enterprises in the Sanitation Transformation.
As governments and investors seek to expand private sector participation in sanitation, African actors including governments, public development banks and regulators and its technical and financial partners must recognise the small businesses and independent operators already delivering essential services. Without an inclusive approach, the transition towards a modern sanitation economy risk excluding the very enterprises on which millions of people depend.
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- Global
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Google Announces Digital Infrastructure Expansion, Local Jobs, Water Replenishment, and Clean Energy Initiatives with US$15 Billion Malaysia Investment
The latest investment builds on Google’s more than 15-year presence in Malaysia and expands on the company's digital infrastructure investment announced in 2024.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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Breakthrough Energy, Temasek and Enterprise Singapore Renew Southeast Asia Fellows Hub for Three Years
These companies are tackling critical challenges including clean fuels and oils, plastic recycling, alternative materials for EV batteries, photosynthesis enhancers for agriculture, and adaptation and resilience technologies including passive cooling paint and landslide sensing.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Technology, Transportation, WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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Global Partnership Launches USD $60 Million Initiative to Advance Circular Electronics in 16 Countries
It brings together governments, international organizations, the private sector, civil society and other stakeholders to reduce electronic waste (e-waste), improve resource efficiency and promote more sustainable electronics value chains.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- circular economy, partnerships, recycling, scale, waste
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Analysis: Dhaka’s Waste-To-Energy Project Faces Opposition From Pollution-Weary Residents
"The so-called waste-to-energy plant will burn up to 3,000 metric tons of municipal waste daily, doubling as a solution to the city’s growing waste problem."
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- Energy, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Proparco Invests in Farm to Feed to Reduce Food Loss and Strengthen Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access
Proparco has invested €150,000 in Farm to Feed, a Kenyan agritech company tackling food loss while increasing incomes and market access for smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ororo Waste Secures Up to $1 Million to Expand Used Cooking Oil Collection in Nigeria
The company collects used cooking oil from markets, households, restaurants and institutions before supplying certified material to international biofuel and sustainable aviation fuel markets.
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- Energy, Environment, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- circular economy, clean cooking, scale, waste
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FarmCarbon Achieves Historic First Issuance of CCP-Labeled Carbon Credits
"By generating these premium credits, the initiative directly supports Kenyan farmers by enabling them to transform methane-emitting animal waste into clean, renewable biogas, while channeling global capital to improve agricultural livelihoods at scale."
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- Agriculture, Energy, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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