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Press Release: Report: The Global Energy Alliance Shows How Partnerships Power Energy Access, Job Creation, and Carbon Reduction at Scale
As showcased in its newly released 2025 impact report, the Global Energy Alliance's public-private-philanthropy partnership model builds country-led coalitions and leverages catalytic finance and technical expertise to advance a sustainable energy future.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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SunCulture and Bridgin To Launch 15 Million USD Structure to Finance Climate-Smart Agriculture in Kenya
Through this partnership, Bridgin will finance portfolios of SunCulture’s farmer receivables, allowing the company to reach more customers while de-risking its balance sheet and reinvesting in scale.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How Fossil Fuel Dependency Keeps Nigerians in Darkness
Nigeria holds more than 200 trillion cubic feet of proven natural gas reserves — the largest in Africa and ninth globally. Yet millions still face daily blackouts.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MOPO Secures £5 Million Investment From Norfund to Expand Clean Energy Access Across Africa
MOPO operates a pay-per-use battery rental system that delivers clean and dependable energy to households and businesses through solar charging hubs managed by local agents.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Aligning Capital with Justice: How Innovative Finance Can Enable the Final Stretch Toward Energy Access in Africa
The world has made unprecedented progress toward universal energy access, and today over 90% of the global population has electricity. But as Roeland Menger at Nithio explains, the remaining 10% live in rural and low-income communities — primarily in Africa — that typical business and funding models can't reach. He argues that the exclusion of these markets is not only ineffective but unjust, and highlights several innovative investment approaches that are expanding decentralized energy to the last mile.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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Ze-Gen and Clasp Announce Strategic Partnership to Drive Quality and Accelerate Innovation in Solar Generators
ZE-Gen and CLASP will launch a new international Solar Generator competition with $100k in innovation prizes under the Global LEAP Awards.
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- Energy
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- Global
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New Coalition Formed to Power Food Systems with Clean Energy
A newly established multi-stakeholder alliance — the Agri-Energy Coalition — is launching to address critical challenges at the intersection of agriculture and energy in low to middle-income countries.
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- Agriculture, Energy
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RMI Welcomes 18 Climate Tech Startups From Six Countries to Climate Tech Accelerator Third Derivative
Its portfolio represents 27 different countries, with over $3.7 billion raised by companies since their acceptance to Third Derivative, and over 4,400 jobs created.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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