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Powering the World’s Poorer Economies: A Response to Bill Gates and Jigar Shah
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and SunEdison founder Jigar Shah have clashed in a heated debate over the best way to provide energy access to the world’s poor.
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- Energy
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TPG Growth’s Rise Fund invests $70 mn in Fourth Partner Energy
Fourth Partner Energy will use the funding to accelerate its growth through the RESCO (renewable energy service company) model
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Renewable energy projects worth $1bn destined for West Africa
With financial backing from the US government, solar developer Gigawatt Global Cooperatief signed a deal with the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), to build $1bn worth of renewable energy projects in the region.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BBOXX secures a deal in DRC to deploy off-grid solar solutions
Next generation utility BBOXX has signed a pioneering deal with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which will bring renewable electricity to 2.5 million citizens in the DRC by 2020.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release: Fenix International’s inclusive employee ownership programme gives first-of-its-kind pay-out in Africa
The ‘Fenix Flames’ programme extends benefits to employees in lieu of traditional company stock options. As part of an employee benefits programme, the scheme was designed to offer a pay-out in the event of an acquisition or public listing.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Microgrids an Important Piece of the Puzzle for Energy Access in Frontier Markets
Microgrids are becoming important part of the frontier power markets for distributed energy systems. Advances in technology such as energy storage along with rising diesel prices, and favorable government policies have enabled an environment to support the economics of small-scale clean energy systems according to the second quarter Frontier Power Market Outlook report by BNEF.
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- Energy
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- South Asia
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Pairing access to finance and energy to solve global poverty
Pairing access to finance with access to energy can help more than a billion people raise their standard of living, banish poverty to the past and no longer be counted among the unbanked.
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- Energy, Inclusive Fintech
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Oikocredit invests $1.2 million in Inyenyeri Company to support clean cooking solutions
Inyenyeri’s fuel and stove solution cuts smoke and toxic fumes by more than 90% compared to traditional cooking methods.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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