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Improved cookstoves set to boost health and livelihoods for vulnerable...
The long-standing reliance on traditional cookstoves and open fires comes with severe drawbacks such as pollution, health hazards, and fuel inefficiency. In order to address such dependence, the...
Getting back to business: new emergency fund brings Covid-19 lockdown...
Hundreds of women entrepreneurs in Senegal who have suffered devastating loss in business as a result of the pandemic are beginning to regain their livelihoods thanks to a new emergency fund set up...
Energy Cash Plus initiative ‘Mwangaza Mashinani’ scaled-up to benefit more...
With the recently announced extension of the Energy Cash Plus Initiative, thousands more vulnerable households in Kenya are set to benefit from access to clean energy (the programme is also known...
The impact of Covid-19 on crowdfunding for energy access
A new report by Energy 4 Impact estimates that crowdfunding related to energy access fell by approximately 20% in 2020 as a result of Covid-19. The report indicates that around $41 million debt was...
PREO launches new guide to procurement solutions for commercial clean...
The Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO) programme has launched an in-depth knowledge guide on equipment procurement based on insights from their clean energy projects in Kenya, Uganda,...
Energy Catalyst launches new community hub to accelerate innovation to...
A new online platform was launched on 17th December 2020 to provide practical information and enable peer-to-peer networking for innovators developing technologies and business models to help end...