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Press Release: Pan-African Micro-Utility PowerGen Acquires Rafiki Power (E.ON Off-Grid Solutions) From E.ON
The combination of two market-leading micro-grid companies reflects growing momentum in the sector.
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- Press release
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Instead of Bringing Jobs to the People, Bring the People to the Jobs
Worldwide, 300 million people live nominally above the poverty line but regularly go hungry for some portion of the year.
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- South Asia
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Smart Gas Cooking Seeks to Break African Cities’ Dirty Charcoal Habit
So far, efforts to introduce cleaner stoves that burn less fuel have been led mainly by aid agencies working in rural parts of Africa and Asia - and have had limited success. But a new push by businesses targeting urban areas aims to shift the dial.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mercy Corps, MTN Liberia Launch Mobile Payment for PayGo Solar Systems
PayGo enables households to buy quality solar systems and pay in installments instead of outright upfront payment. So far, partner private sector distributors have installed over 1,100 pay as you go systems, improving the lives of rural dwellers, particularly those with children of school-going age.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Solar Water Pumps Have Been Around Since the 1970s: Here’s Why They Haven’t Scaled
Solar water pumps, which have been around for years, are becoming far more affordable thanks to declining solar panel prices and new business models – particularly for the roughly 500 million smallholder farmers worldwide. So why isn’t the industry taking off? Makena Ireri and Jenny Corry Smith of CLASP, a group of 14 donor organizations working to scale markets and reduce the prices of off-grid technologies, present several reasons. They explore solutions for making solar irrigation systems a priority in the off-grid conversation.
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- Energy
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Africa’s Cities Are About to Boom – and Maybe Explode
Sub-Saharan Africa is already 40 percent urban, while tens of millions of people are flooding into cities every year.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Challenges of Going Local: A Medical Device Innovator Faces the Reality of Manufacturing in Rural Africa
Like many enterprises working in emerging markets, Noor Medical wanted to manufacture its product locally. As COO Andrew Bonneau explains, a local approach promised many advantages, from lower costs to a better understanding of its customers. But the company soon learned that manufacturing in developing countries like Uganda is often easier said than done. Bonneau discusses the obstacles the company has faced, and how they've overcome them.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise, Technology
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Ethiopia Offers New Hope for Phone Providers With African Dreams
As part of an ambitious reform program, the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed plans to award telecommunications licenses to two private operators next year, and sell a minority stake in Ethio Telecom.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa