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Beyond Illumination: An Off-Grid Energy Provider in Indonesia Innovates to Maximize the Impact of Solar Home Systems
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 18,000 scattered islands, faces unique energy access challenges. Hanko Scheffers at All Solar World discusses the obstacles to rural electrification in the country, and explores how All Solar World has addressed them through its unique take on solar home systems (SHS). He explains how the company has innovated on the technology itself (through features like Wi-Fi integration), while also optimizing its dissemination network and financing options, in an effort to maximize the reach and impact of SHS in rural communities.
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- Energy, Technology
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Nestlé Cuts Ocean Transport Emissions with Maersk’s Eco Delivery Solution by over 80%
With ECO Delivery, Maersk customers can handle ocean transports completely with certified green fuels* like second generation biofuel based on waste feedstocks.
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- Energy, Environment, Transportation
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- Global
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Assessing Last-Mile Distributors’ Business Performance and Impact: Using a Diagnostic Tool to Reveal Key Areas of Strength and Improvement
Running a company without business data is like driving a car without a dashboard. But it isn't always easy for an entrepreneur to determine which data is important to track, and how to use it to evaluate their business’ performance. Lucie Klarsfeld McGrath, Alice Magand and Chitraksh Sharma at Hystra share an auto-diagnostic tool they've used in their work with last-mile distributors, which enables companies to identify what's really driving value-creation and impact.
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- Technology
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A New $850 Million Route to Speed Up Congo’s Copper Exports
The project could ease the burden on strained existing infrastructure.
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- Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Elon Musks’ Starlink Partners with Jumia to Boost Fast-Speed Internet in Africa
The partnership with Jumia will help Starlink sell terminals in areas that lack formal addresses and city mapping, Bloomberg reported.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UNCTAD Calls for Bold Global Action to Decarbonize Shipping and Ensure a Just Transition
The Review of Maritime Transport 2023 urges swift action and system-wide collaboration to decarbonize maritime transport amid growing carbon emissions and regulatory uncertainty.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Comes to Africa
To run the facility, BioNTech is committed to hiring employees locally and within the African Union.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Big Pharma’s Johnson & Johnson Under Investigation in South Africa over ‘Excessive’ Drug Prices
An investigation has been opened based on information that the companies “may have engaged in exclusionary practices and excessive pricing” of the tuberculosis drug bedaquiline.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- distribution