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Tapping the Potential of Catalytic Carbon Finance: Could This Collaborative Approach Unlock Scale in Africa’s Off-Grid Solar Sector?
Addressing Africa's growing demand for reliable, renewable energy is essential for the continent's sustainable economic development. But as Peter Simiyu at EcoSecurities explains, despite Africa's ample clean energy resources, just 2% of renewable energy investments have been channelled to the region in the past decade. He explores how an innovative approach to catalytic carbon finance could help provide the funding businesses need to kick-start off-grid power deployment, enabling Africa to lead the global shift toward clean energy.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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Bayer and Pula Foundation Partner up to Insure 10 Million Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
The collaboration aims to enhance climate resilience among smallholder farmers, protecting them against the growing impacts of droughts and floods, which threaten harvests, livelihoods, and global food security.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Angola Seals $231 Million Satellite Deal With France
Airbus Defence and Space in France will construct ANGEO-1, the first Angolan Earth observation satellite.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Missed Opportunity for Climate Tech Startups: The Need for Effective Early-Stage Marketing
The climate tech ecosystem is witnessing a wave of innovation and startup activity. Yet Emre Eren Korkmaz at the University of Oxford argues that these startups often overlook a key factor that's critical to their long-term success: the need for early-stage marketing strategies. He explains why marketing is a foundational necessity from day one, enabling climate tech startups to offer their solutions to potential clients in the corporate, public and impact sectors, across industries ranging from agriculture to aviation.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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Press Release: Leaps by Bayer Announces One of the Largest Global Surveys of Society’s Attitudes Toward Breakthrough Technologies
The impact investing arm of Bayer, and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) announced the launch of one of the largest surveys examining global public sentiment towards transformative technology.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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KOIS Appoints Impact Comms Expert Impact & Influence as Its Partner
I&I is a specialist communications consultancy, founded to focus on impact investing, and will advise on both the positioning and the delivery of KOIS Advisory.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing
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- Global
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New $110 Million Fund to Empower Women to Tackle Climate Change
The Women Empowerment for Climate fund aims to raise US$100 million to empower women to successfully implement policies to adapt to climate change.
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- Agriculture, Environment, WASH
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- Global
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Press Release: New Global Survey Seeks Insights on Climate and Health
The survey findings and expert panel insights will inform the development of a Climate and Health Grand Challenge.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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