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After $19M equity round, Kenya’s M-Kopa is set to deliver solar power to a million homes
This month the company closed a $19 million financing round led by Generation Investment Management, and revealed plans to reach one million homes in East Africa by the end of 2017.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vancouver-Based Social Enterprise Plastic Bank Wins Big at COP21
Vancouver-based social enterprise Plastic Bank won the Sustania award at the COP21 Paris climate talks in Paris. The award is based on 10 top sustainability solutions and projects from around the world, from which one winner is selected.
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- Environment
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- solar
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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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- 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
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar