Impact Alpha

JANUARY 26, 2021

The post Pula raises $6 million to expand farmers’ insurance from Africa to Asia appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, January 26 – Kenyan insurance tech venture Pula has facilitated crop insurance for more than four million smallholder farmers in 13 African.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Research published on 16 September highlights the troubling trend of pockets of funders continuing to finance additional coal-fired generation capacity in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The world’s 20 least-electrified countries by percentage of population without electricity are all in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 15, 2023

ImpactAlpha, August 15 – By 2050, seven in 10 people will live in urban centers around the world; Asia and Africa are urbanizing. The post IFC provides $236 million to Absa to finance green real estate in South Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 30, 2020

In Africa and southern Asia, hundreds of thousands of people live each day without adequate access to any healthcare at all. The post Cost-effective response to COVID-19: Light every health clinic in Africa and south Asia appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Asia Africa Health Europe 121

EnergyTrend

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Anticipating Global Surge: Household Energy Storage Gains Momentum as Inventory Consumption Rises, while Asia, Africa, and Latin America Markets Anticipating to Lead the Charge in PV Installations Overthepasttwotothreeyears,overseascustomershaveincreasinglyprioritizedtheeconomicsandstabilityofelectricityconsumption,thankstofavorablepoliciesinthe.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

ImpactAlpha, September 26 – India-based impact investor Aavishkaar has more than $1 billion in assets under management and three open funds in India, Southeast Asia and Africa. But it’s eyeing a $7 billion global portfolio by about 2026.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 4, 2023

Authors: Steve Levay and Ryder Kimball Special thanks to: Arjan Geers, Max Borrmann, Tessa Kramer, Robin van der Schalie, and Megan Zaroda Record low rainfall has pushed the Horn of Africa into a disastrous drought that is precipitating a humanitarian crisis. In the Horn of Africa, millimeters could be the distance between life and death.

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Africa Soil Agriculture Asia 126

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 5, 2021

million) in investment to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy across Africa. The capital will be invested through the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to unlock private sector participation in funding the region’s transition to low-carbon energy resources.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

Calcutta, India: In southern Asia and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM 2.5 exposed days in Europe and northern America decreased over the two decades of the study – whereas exposures increased in southern Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and Latin America and the Caribbean. µg/m 3 ) and Southern Asia (37.2

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Asia Oceania Health Pollution 264

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2019

BBOXX, an Imperial London College spinout launched in 2010, has installed about 200,000 home solar systems across Africa, many of them coffee and vanilla bean farmers living off-grid. Roughly 600 million of Africa’s 1.2

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

With multiple drivers for growth in the industrial market, the challenges for water in Africa are more around implementation than technology, says Walid Khoury of water engineering firm Desalytics, as he prepares for Water Africa 2024 in Ghana in June. What are the main challenges for the water market in Africa?

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Africa Technology Pollution Asia 147

FuelCellsWorks

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Rapid global response: 25 orders secured from Europe, Asia, and Africa just days after unveiling, pushing order backlog to an impressive 27 million euros. Berlin– Enapter AG (ISIN: DE000A255G02) reports.

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

APRIL 1, 2024

However, whether in Europe, Southeast Asia or Africa – coastal ecosystems are threatened worldwide due to anthropogenic sustainability crises such as the climate crises or pollution. Source: Pixabay Coasts provide special habitats for a wide variety of life forms. … Continue reading →

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 12, 2022

ImpactAlpha, January 12 — Aqua-Spark is launching a subsidiary to help build out local and regional aquaculture supply chains in Africa. The post Aqua-Spark backs Lake Harvest to expand sustainable aquaculture in Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The investment.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

White and parboiled rice are more commonly consumed in the West and Asia, and this research found that these types accumulate more arsenic than brown rice when cooked with arsenic-spiked water. People in the UK may only consume around 5kg of rice annually, but the average global consumption is 57kg, and even higher at 85kg across Asia. “In

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Asia Health Africa Sustainability 200

Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2022

On the face of it, the power sector in Africa seems to be in trouble. The role of Africa in the world’s energy future is changing as efuels are touted as the answer to the current challenges facing traditional energy systems. VIEW THE ENLIT AFRICA PROGRAMME. Hydrogen future. Welcoming the whole sector ecosystem.

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altenergymag

JUNE 7, 2022

The agreement aims at developing joint MW scale projects in Japan with a possible extension of the collaboration in other markets, such as South and Southeast Asia and Africa, as well as other applications of the ORC technology.

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Asia Africa Technology 128

Renew Economy

AUGUST 3, 2023

Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively unlimited energy to densely populated countries in Asia and Africa. The post “Limitless” energy: How offshore floating solar could power population hotspots appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Asia Africa Energy Energy 98

altenergymag

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Solar Battery Market by Product (Lead Acid Batteries, Lithium Ion Batteries, Sodium Based Batteries,) by Application (Residential, Industrial Manufacturing, Others,) , by Region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East & Africa): Global Market Assessment, 2021 - 2028

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2024

Four-year investment aims to support scheme backed by the ClimateWorks Foundation to save around 43 gigatonnes of CO2 from road transport in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia

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Asia Africa Transportation Investment 41

Climate 4.0

JUNE 1, 2021

The question is, how do the developed nations of the West effectively and honorably interact with the developing world today, in East Africa and elsewhere? How much of this will ultimately go to East Africa is a topic for the future. An exploitative neocolonialism is not the answer, but this will be a difficult thing to avoid.

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Africa Investment Asia Politics 59

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

24: Solar financing for frontline healthcare in Africa and Asia. The post The Brief: AppHarvest’s SPAC acquisition, cultivated shrimp in Southeast Asia, mitigating risk with an LGBTQI lens, raising green appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Agents of Impact Call No. The World Bank’s. The World Bank’s.

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Asia Africa Health Solar Power 59

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

One clear finding from this year’s report is that its impact on health disproportionately affects poorer regions, with exposure levels particularly high in cities in parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. seems disproportionately high in parts of Asia, and parts of Central and Eastern Europe. in Asia is brick kilns.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 19, 2023

The much-loved conservation brand has befuddled environmentalists with a climate-costly promotion that takes the super-rich to biodiversity hotspots in Asia and Africa via private jet. The expedition starts with a trip to Singapore Zoo.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Solar PV Mounting Systems Market by Products Type (Rooftop, Ground), by Technology (Fixed, Tracking), by End-user (Commercial, Residential, Utilities), by Region (North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, South America) - Global Forecast 2020 to 2027

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

A new study appears to reveal rapid degradation in air quality in megacities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East – as well as increases in urban exposure to air pollutants hazardous to health. South Asia – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Chittagong, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Karachi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Surat.

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Asia Africa Pollution Health 130

Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

million rural households across eastern Africa. It is about more than just reducing emissions - it's about improving the health and well-being of women, who are the key agents of social and economic development in rural Africa. Climate finance is just the means to a development end.".

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Africa Carbon Health Pollution 85

Impact Alpha

JUNE 29, 2020

The post Gates Foundation backs Enko Chem’s eco-pesticides for Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The company, which was incubated within agtech venture capital firm Anterra Capital, is combatting the pest resistance and environmental harm of chemical pesticides.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 8, 2021

ImpactAlpha, March 8 – SunFunder’s Solar Energy Transformation Fund backs solar companies improving energy access across Africa and Asia. The off-grid solar finance company’s. The post SunFunder reaches $70 million close for Solar Energy Transformation Fund appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Africa Asia Energy Energy 119

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

A nuanced appraisal emerges from the 2022 World Air Quality report – compiled by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir – which includes a dismal picture from Africa and the news that only five countries met the WHO limits for PM2.5: Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, and New Zealand. guideline value of 5 µg/m 3.

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Climate 4.0

JUNE 2, 2021

In meeting its emissions-reduction challenges, East Africa faces a less daunting challenge than many parts of the world, mostly because its manufacturing sector and traditional infrastructure is so underdeveloped. East Africa is less dire overall than many regions.

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Africa Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Asia 52

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Mayors from Latin America, Africa and Asia will be welcoming more than 90% of the new urban inhabitants in the next decade. Governing these ballooning cities is a continuing challenge, not just in terms of urban design and revitalization, but.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

For the first time in two decades, global extreme poverty is expected to rise. According to The World Bank, the COVID-19 pandemic will.

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Asia Africa Investment 93

Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2023

New partners aim to accelerate roll out of off grid solar technology in Asia and Africa

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Asia Africa Technology 69

Impact Alpha

JULY 29, 2021

Social entrepreneurs in Asia, Africa and. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Capitalism Reimagined Social enterprises provide models for stakeholder capitalism in emerging markets. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Asia Africa 105

Energy Central

MARCH 21, 2023

REUTERS BY GAVIN MAGUIRE, EDITING BY GERMÁN & CO LITTLETON, COLORADO, MARCH 20 (REUTERS) - THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

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Asia Africa Energy Energy 72

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

For example Africa and Asia are seen as becoming net exporters of clean electricity with their export revenue offsetting the increased system costs, while the greatest savings are seen in North America with interconnectors between the US and Canada. Rather in sub-Saharan Africa a balance of interconnectors and mini grids is needed.

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