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MCFA Signs Agreement With Bidhaa Sasa in Kenya to Scale up Access to Electric Cooking
With the EUR 2.3 million in MCFA funding, Bidhaa Sasa will scale up sales of electric pressure cookers targeting up to 100,000 primarily female customers in rural areas of Western and Central Kenya.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: BRICS’ Fossil Fuels Fascination Undermines Largely Positive Declaration
"Undermining the positives of the BRICS declaration is the support for fossil fuels, with leaders alleging the notoriously dirty industry is promoting a just energy transition and emissions reductions: . . . "
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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MCFA to Support KOKO Networks to Scale up Its Bioethanol Solution for Clean Cooking Across Kenya
The first project from MCFA’s second funding round has been signed with KOKO Networks, a Kenyan provider of clean cooking solutions based on the use of sustainable bioethanol.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: World is Off Track to Achieve Universal Energy Access by 2030
"While almost 92% of the world’s population now has basic access to electricity – an improvement since 2022 – over 666 million people remain without access . . . "
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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BURN, Trade and Development Bank Group to Expand Access to Clean Cooking in Mozambique, DRC & Zambia
The agreement will support the rollout of BURN’s industry-leading ECOA biomass and IoT-enabled induction cookstoves.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rockefeller Foundation and Wellcome Jointly Mobilize U.S. $11.5 Million to Support the WHO-WMO Climate and Health Programme
The funding will help the WHO-WMO Joint Programme to rapidly accelerate and scale weather and climate insights that feed into health decision-making processes in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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HealthKois Launches USD $300 Million Healthcare-Focused Fund
"As the successor fund to HealthQuad, HealthKois is set to invest between USD 7 million and USD 25 million per company over the next four years."
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and the Trade Development Fund (TDFD) Sign Landmark Agreement with Oil Sustainability Program and BURN Manufacturing to Deliver Clean Cooking Solutions in Nigeria
"Notably, the project includes direct support for household LPG refills over a period of eight years, funded through anticipated revenues from carbon credits generated by the clean cooking kits."
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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