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New Microfinance Initiative to Bring First ‘Lease to Purchase’ Sustainable Energy Product to Somalia
Dahabshiil Group showcase sustainable 'green microfinancing' initiatives to foster economic and social development across Somali region.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- microfinance, solar
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Solar Solution for Saltwater Stress
MENA is the most water-stressed region in the world. The top sixteen countries in the world facing shortages of renewable water supplies are those between Morocco and Oman, according to 2011 data from risk advisory firm MapleCroft.
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- Environment
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- North Africa & Near East
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- social enterprise, solar
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World Bank, IFC Unveil Off-Grid Lighting Solution for Nigeria
The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have unveiled an off-grid solar power solution for Nigeria tagged Lighting Africa.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Billionaires Launch a Massive Clean Energy Fund, but Can the World Wait for Its Breakthroughs?
Here's some terrific news for early-stage energy entrepreneurs everywhere: a powerful group of investors wants to invest in your ideas.
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- Energy
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A New Kind of Irrigation Could Boost African Farming—and It’s Powered by the Sun
Pioneered in Israel, drip irrigation saves water and fertilizer by delivering droplets of water to the base of plants. But off-the-grid farmers aren't able to use the technology without expensive diesel generators.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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How Africa Is Hacking Its Energy Crisis
At a small dispensary in a village just outside Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I stared in disbelief as I watched health care provider, Recho Mengo, expertly balance a cell phone in her mouth so that she could free her hands to measure a pregnant woman's belly. The phone's flashlight was providing the only source of light in a facility that has no power. I couldn't help but think back to my own pregnancy less than two years prior; the situations were like night and day.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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INTASAVE Energy: Empowering Half a Million Africans to Improve Their Health, Education and Economy Starts with $1
A global not-for-profit organisation called INTASAVE Energy is fulfilling its vision for every person on the planet to have access to clean power through the launch of its innovative Solar Nano Grids (SONGs) project, which kick-starts in November. The first grid in Africa will be installed in Lemolo B in Kenya, a community of about 250 people, and the project will subsequently expand to over 500 communities across Kenya, South Africa and Mozambique, transforming the lives of 500,000 people within three years.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Investors’ Circle Starts New $3M Funder for Impact Investments
Durham-based Investors’ Circle has closed $1 million of its latest $3 million funder, aimed at fueling a particular breed of startup.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing, solar