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African Fintech Startup Yellow Raises $20 Million in Debt Financing
Yellow builds cutting edge software to enable its sales force to serve customers in Africa enabling access to off-grid solar.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Unspoken Risks and Side-Effects of the PAYGO Model in Africa
The sale of off-grid solar systems using end-customer credits has become a widespread standard today under the overall term pay-as-you-go (PAYGO).
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sun King Raises $260 Million to Widen Clean Energy Access in Africa, Asia
One of the largest solar companies in Africa and Asia, Sun King, has raised $260 million in series D funding to deliver off-grid energy technologies to more people across the two continents.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Small Electric Vehicles Can Act as Productive Use of Energy Catalysts for Rural Minigrids
Minigrids can power two and three-wheeled electric vehicles at a matching price with fossil-fuel alternatives.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Targeting Off-Grid Solar Businesses’ Acumen to Expand Energy Access
GOGLA is starting a pilot programme called Elevate to support the next generation of locally-owned and managed companies in the off-grid solar sector.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How COVID-19 Is Reversing Energy Access in the Global South
Since the start of the pandemic, 100 million people have lost access to electricity. The off-grid renewable energy sector needs urgent support if progress towards the UN’s seventh Sustainable Development Goal, to ensure energy access for all, is to be maintained.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
- Region
- Global
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Baobab+ Launches Pay-As-You-Go Solar in Nigeria
Baobab+, the leader in rural electrification in West Africa and Madagascar, has launched its Pay-As-You-Go solar power service in Nigeria.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- off-grid energy, solar
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Press Release: Malawi Takes Bold Steps to Increase Access to Solar Lights
We are pleased to report that, after lobbying the Malawian authorities, together with the Renewable Energy Industries Association of Malawi (REIAMA) and the wider solar sector, on the 18th February 2022, the Malawi Government took the decision to remove import duties (15 – 30%) on entry level solar lights.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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