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Analysis: How Solar Technologies Could Lead Senegal Towards Self-Sufficiency in Rice Production
Modernizing the rice sector through the introduction of solar technologies and improved agronomic practices could improve food security for Senegal's high-potential rice cultivation areas such as the one along the Senegal River Valley.
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- Agriculture, Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IKEA, Rockefeller Foundations Partner over $1 Billion Global Platform to Fight Climate Change
The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation have partnered to form a $1 billion global platform to fight climate change.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Democratic Republic of Congo Announces $100 Million Solar-Hybrid Power Project
A consortium led by Gridworks and including Eranove and AEE Power, has signed three concession agreements with the Ministry of Hydraulic Resources and Electricity of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to develop, build and operate three large scale, solar-hybrid, off grid utilities.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: The Build Fund Makes Inaugural Investment in East African off-Grid Solar Energy Solutions Distributor
The BUILD Fund (BUILD), an impact fund created in partnership between Bamboo Capital Partners (Bamboo) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), has made its inaugural investment, providing a USD500,000 working capital facility for Mwezi, a Kenyan distributor of solar products.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: IFC and the Rockefeller Foundation Partner to Advance Distributed Renewable Energy Solutions in Emerging Markets
The partnership will prioritize countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and select other regions, where both organizations have identified immediate opportunities.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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West Africa: $465 Million Approved for Regional Electricity Access
The World Bank Group has approved a regional electricity access project in West Africa for a total amount of $465 million.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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COVID-19 Crisis Makes Electricity Too Costly for Millions in Africa and Asia
The pandemic's economic impact left at least 25 million people unable to pay for power in 2020, mainly in Africa, threatening progress towards access for all.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
- Region
- Global
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- energy access, SDGs
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Kenya’s Off-Grid Solar Provider d.light Secures $10 Million From Proparco
d.light, a Kenyan based off-grid solar provider has secured US$10 million in equity financing from Proparco.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- off-grid energy