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A $1.1 Billion Gift Launches Stanford Sustainability School
Venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, provided the naming gift for the university’s first new school in 70 years.
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- Energy, Environment
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- North America
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Germany, India Sign $10.5 Billion Green Development Deal
Germany and India signed a series of bilateral agreements Monday focused on sustainable development that will see the South Asian nation receive 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) in aid by 2030 to boost the use of clean energy.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Asia Pacific
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Innovators Awarded Funding to Combat Global Energy Access Crisis in Africa and Asia
Energy Catalyst, a UK government-funded programme, has announced its next wave of promising clean energy innovations.
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- Energy
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- Global
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The Ukraine War Could Hit Africa Harder Than the Pandemic
The IMF report urges African governments to address the local impact of the war, balance inflation and growth, and manage exchange-rate adjustments.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: USAID’s Power Africa Launches Partnership to Electrify Health Facilities Across Sub-Saharan Africa as Part of President Biden’s Global Infrastructure Initiative
The Healthcare Electrification and Telecommunication Alliance will enhance health services and assist in COVID-19 response efforts by providing electricity in healthcare facilities across sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Energy, Health Care, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: In Rural Nigerian Communities, Small Electric Vehicles Powered by Microgrids Cost the Same as Fossil Fuels and Expand Access to Electricity
RMI, Factor[e] Ventures and the UK-charity Shell Foundation show scaling electric mobility with a growing minigrid industry is profitable for both minigrid and electric vehicle operators and improves community access to transportation
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- Energy, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sun King Raises $260 Million to Widen Clean Energy Access in Africa, Asia
One of the largest solar companies in Africa and Asia, Sun King, has raised $260 million in series D funding to deliver off-grid energy technologies to more people across the two continents.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bboxx Reportedly Acquires Ghana’s Peg Africa for $200 Million
Bboxx, a London-headquartered cleantech startup has reportedly acquired PEG Africa, another cleantech startup based in Accra.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, startups