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KAMPALA, UGANDA – Innovex, a Uganda-based startup enabling pay-as-you-go and remote monitoring for solar companies, closed a Series Seed Round with an...

Brussels and Dar es Salaam, 12 January 2021 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Tanzania Renewable Energy...

The investment will allow West Africa’s fastest growing C&I solar provider to accelerate its regional expansion.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aeris, an IoT technology leader, today announced that the reliable connectivity provided by the Ae...

Clear Blue drives industry leadership and global growth for large-scale Smart Off-Grid projects with a new patent for dynamic battery charging,...

Renewable energy can boost sustainable and innovative agri-food system transformation

THE PULSE is a physical network of rural business, trading, leisure & service centers, tailored to the needs of rural communities. THE PULSE centers...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $7 million grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), for a new...

MOU will help empower some of the world’s most vulnerable people and support Covid-19 recovery by delivering reliable electricity

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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday a Desert-to-Power (D2P) technical support program that will advance the...

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Press release: Innovex closes an equity investment with Gaia Impact Fund, a VC fund dedicated to renewable energy entrepreneurs

Press release: ARE & TAREA sign MoU to support decentralised renewable energy businesses & market development in Tanzania

Press release: Daystar Power secures $38 million Series B investment led by IFU

Press release: Aeris Fusion IoT Network Supports Bboxx’s Delivery of Clean Energy to Over One Million People Throughout Africa

Press release: Clear Blue Updates Investors on Major Global Corporate Initiatives

Press release: FAO and IRENA Join Forces to Boost Renewables in Food and Agriculture

Press release: Solarkiosk is proud to present “THE PULSE by Solarkiosk – transforming rural Africa”

Press release: African Development Bank approves $7 million in SEFA technical assistance to transform mini-grid investment in Africa

Press release: DFC And The Rockefeller Foundation Sign MOU to Invest in Solutions to End Energy Poverty

Press release: Sahel Group of Five: African Development Bank approves program to expand solar energy generation under Desert-to-Power scheme