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African Development Bank Seeks to Spur $55 Billion for Energy
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, who took over this month, said he’s aiming to eliminate Africa’s energy deficit by 2025 by mobilizing $55 billion of investment.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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German Startup Franchises Biogas Bag Business in Africa
German social enterprise B-Energy has developed portable “digester” bags that produce methane gas out of food waste or animal droppings, which can help low-income entrepreneurs in the global South make a living through a franchise model, BBC Newsreports.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Green Energy for the Poor
An innovative business model combining solar power and cellphones is electrifying parts of rural Africa that are far from the grid.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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West Africa Off-Grid Solar Venture Gets $3.4 Million Investment Boost
Ghana-based pay-as-you-go solar firm PEG has raised GHS13.2 million (US$3.4 million) to expand its presence in the West African country.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Iluméxico to Bring Solar Energy to 300,000 in Mexico’s Off-Grid Communities
Iluméxico, the Mexican social enterprise focused on solar power, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to bring its Solar Home Systems to 50,000 off-the-grid rural homes – approximately 300,000 people – by 2020. This commitment includes the creation of 180 new jobs, of which 90 will be designated for women and 70 will be based in rural communities.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship
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- Latin America
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5 African Cleantech Startups You Need To Watch
African entrepreneurs and technologists are coming up with solutions to solve their own energy problems.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- energy, renewable energy, solar
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A Solar Power-Charging Backpack Made From Recycled Plastic
Fledgling social enterprise Rethaka sells backpacks for school kids that do a few things at once: Made from recycled plastic bags, they first of all address the plague of waste from that material. And with a charger powered by solar energy, they provide light for children who lack electricity at home, while also reducing the use of kerosene, which causes a great many accidents and illnesses. Its CEO, 22-year-old Thato Kgatlhanye, founded the company and developed the product, called Repurpose Schoolbags, while attending a university in Johannessburg, South Africa.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pope’s Climate Push At Odds With U.S. Catholic Oil Investments
Pope Francis heartened environmentalists around the world in June when he urged immediate action to save the planet from the effects of climate change, declaring that the use of "highly polluting fossil fuels needs to be progressively replaced without delay."
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- Energy, Environment
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