At the sides of COP28, Acumen launched Hardest-to-Reach, a $250 million initiative to activate clean energy markets in Africa’s underserved geographies. Critical to achieving universal energy access,… Read More »Acumen Launches New Hardest-to-Reach Initiative to Achieve Universal Energy Access
This is the first of three rounds of funding planned through Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO), with over €8m in grants available over the next… Read More »Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO) opens new call
As Nithio grows and expands its offerings in the climate finance sector, we have updated the name of our lending vehicle, previously Nithio FI, to… Read More »Nithio Introduces FAIR: New Name, Same Mission
A new World Bank program is set to exponentially accelerate sustainable and clean energy access and provide life-transforming opportunities for 100 million people in up… Read More »World Bank approves Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) Program
Power Africa and Open Capital have helped 30 off-grid solar companies across 17 African countries to develop robust finance functions and assisted them to evaluate, plan, and… Read More »Financial management handbook for off-grid solar companies: lessons on financial management from tailored support
This Developer Guide provides a comprehensive market research and a practicable step-by-step manual to quickly assess the renewable energy-driven opportunities in the processing, drying and… Read More »GET.invest developer guide on cooling and processing for the food industry in Uganda
Productive use of renewable energy (PURE) offers the opportunity to lock in low GHG emission development pathways for rural areas of countries in sub-Saharan Africa… Read More »PURE Growth: Market Development for Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Agricultural Value Chains
Social impact investor Oikocredit has agreed a credit line of US$ 2 million for RDG Collective, a provider of pay-as-you-go off-grid solar solutions in Zambia, bringing… Read More »Oikocredit invests US$ 2 million in RDG Collective to support solar energy growth in Africa
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) today announced that the Global Solar Facility(GSF), a payment guarantee fund formed by ISA to stimulate investments into solar power… Read More »International Solar Alliance’s Global Solar Facility set to receive a capital contribution of $35 million dollars
The Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF), an initiative led by Shell Foundation, a UK-registered charity, in collaboration with FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, successfully closed its… Read More »The Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF) exceeds target, successfully closing at USD$125M