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Klick Foundation Pledges $850 Million to Cut Carbon Emissions in Ghana
The initiatives also promise substantial health benefits, particularly for women and children, and further advance Ghana's innovation ecosystem.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda-Based Electric Cooking Startup PowerUP Announces Successful Initial Close of its Seed Round
PowerUP is at the forefront of transforming cooking habits in Africa, introducing households to a new era of clean and efficient electric cooking.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Statement on New Cookstoves Study
Verra gives a response to the recent research paper from University of California, Berkeley, looking at clean cookstove methodologies, published in the journal Nature Sustainability.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Cookstove Carbon Offsets Overstate Climate Benefit by 1,000%, Study Finds
Cookstove projects are one of the fastest-growing carbon offset schemes but research finds carbon benefits are vastly overstated.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Kenyan Climate-Tech Startup KOKO Secures Funding from Rand Merchant Bank
KOKO replaces demand for charcoal through supplying over 1.1 million homes with bioethanol cooking fuel.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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d.light to Participate in $148 Million Off-Grid Solar Grant Facility in Uganda
Grant-backed initiatives will expand subsidised access to clean, affordable solar energy for off-grid homes and businesses in Uganda.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AfDB, IEA, and CCA Join Forces to Help African Governments Deliver Clean Cooking for All
The African Development Bank (AfDB), International Energy Agency (IEA), and Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) announced their intention to form an Africa Clean Cooking Consortium (ACCC).
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- clean cooking, climate change, NGOs, partnerships, SDGs
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Press Release: First-Of-A-Kind USD$100 Million Electrification Platform to Transform Millions of Lives in Africa
It will connect millions of new customers with a bundle of clean energy, clean cooking, smartphones, smart financing and e-mobility products – many for the first time.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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