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TNB, IOI Corp, SMEs to Develop 500 MW Solar Project in Negeri Sembilan
The scheme facilitates the supply of renewable electricity from developers directly to corporate consumers through the open-access electricity supply network in Peninsular Malaysia.
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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First partnership between Proparco (AFD Group) and Sterling Bank to Finance Renewable Energy and Agriculture in Nigeria
The financing will accelerate the development of renewable energy and support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Nigeria’s agricultural value chain.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Breakthrough Energy, Temasek and Enterprise Singapore Renew Southeast Asia Fellows Hub for Three Years
These companies are tackling critical challenges including clean fuels and oils, plastic recycling, alternative materials for EV batteries, photosynthesis enhancers for agriculture, and adaptation and resilience technologies including passive cooling paint and landslide sensing.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Technology, Transportation, WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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Fresh Effort to Bring Clean Cooking to Food Vendors in Kenya and Uganda
Food businesses are one of the largest microenterprise groups in Africa. Clean cooking will boost their productivity and incomes.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cascador and Sterling Bank Announce $200 Million SME Credit Backstop Fund
Sterling Bank is an innovation-led financial institution guided by a belief in impact capitalism, deploying capital to deliver commercial returns while improving lives and expanding opportunity.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AUD $4 Million Mobilised For Impact-Focused MSMEs Around the World
That capital has fuelled MSMEs improving access to menstrual products for women and girls in Indonesia, tackling child and maternal malnutrition in Cambodia, delivering nutritious locally sourced and made meals to students in Nepal, and reducing armed conflict in trouble spots around the world.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: Beyond Capital: What It Will Take to Unlock Investment in Africa’s Social Enterprises
Isaac Aggrey of the African Social Entrepreneurs Network explores what it takes to unlock investment for Africa’s social enterprises and SMEs. Beyond capital, he highlights investment readiness, appropriate finance, risk-sharing, market access and impact measurement as critical to helping viable enterprises grow, create jobs, empower women and strengthen inclusive, resilient economies across Africa.
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- Social Enterprise
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Call For Applications: Botswana Green Business Development Programme 2026
The programme focuses on developing two value chains with potential to support local enterprise growth and employment: horticulture and ecotourism.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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