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790 million
people across the globe who live without electricity and 2 billion people who are denied reliable, affordable power.
$200 billion opportunity
for climate-first funders to avoid 626 million tonnes CO2 & deliver universal energy access in Africa by 2030.
The climate crisis is the world’s greatest existential threat – but the race to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve global net zero is often perceived as at odds with the scale of economic growth needed to tackle poverty in emerging markets.
Robust research now disproves this tension. A recent study by Catalyst Off-Grid Advisors shows that the quickest and most affordable way to deliver inclusive economic growth in Africa is in fact to invest in ‘
A woman beetroot farmer with the S4S team. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU
S4S is promoting solar dehydration as a means to empower women farmers and reduce food waste
Life is not easy for the ‘ugly ducklings’ of the agricultural world. For all the perfectly shaped fruits and vegetables that we buy from the green grocers, there are thousands left on their stalks to rot unharvested in the field simply because they do not meet the aesthetic criteria of retailers.
Mumbai-based foodtech innovator Science 4 Society (S4S) Technologies has been working to cut down on this waste by promoting solar dehydration as a way to preserve such produce. In the wake of the lockdown, the company, founded in 2014 by young entrepreneur Vaibhav Tidke along with collegemates Ganesh Bhere, Tushar Gaware, Shital Somani, Ashwin Pawade, Nidhi Pant and Swapnil Kokate, has empowered 2,700 women farmers and 200 micro-entrepreneurs near Aurangabad by training them in dehydration of natural produce.
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The agency seeks opportunities to catalyze private sector investment ahead of President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate
WASHINGTON – U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) today announced a
Call for Applications from private companies seeking financing for distributed renewable energy (DRE)-related investments. Climate change and lack of reliable energy access both impact economic growth and livelihoods in developing countries around the world, and investments in DRE offer an opportunity to address both of these pressing problems. In support of President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and the administration’s Leaders Summit on Climate starting on April 22, the Call for Applications is one of the new climate and climate-focused investment initiatives the agency is pursuing to help developing countries reduce emissions, increase renewable energy usage, p
Rwandan startup Ampersand raises $3.5M, largest-ever e-mobility investment in sub-Saharan Africa techcabal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from techcabal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.