Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The post The Brief: Election takes, resilient tech startups in Africa, Virginia’s Opportunity Zones, crowdfunding for clean energy, consumer lending through the crisis appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Whatever the final results of yesterday’s U.S. ImpactAlpha is looking to Agents of Impact to chart the new narrative.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 28, 2021

The post The Brief: Climate fund step-change, climate-resilient agriculture, fintech in South Africa, decarbonizing buildings, Q&A with Goldman’s Asahi Pompey appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Mark your calendars for this ImpactAlpha partner event: Truth in Impact. The impact consultancy Tideline will launch its “Guide.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 27, 2023

Enlit Africa (formerly known as African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa) proudly presents its 2023 programme, which will run from 16 to 18 May at the CTICC in Cape Town. The Investment Plan indicates that South Africa will require approximately R1.5 The question is: where will this financing come from?

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

ImpactAlpha, November 4 – As Africa’s economies restart from COVID lockdowns, the businesses on the fastest path to recovery are tech startups helping improve the resilience of the continent’s small business sector. The post Post-pivot, African tech startups are peddling pandemic resilience appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 29, 2020

It looks for under-developed methods of killing pests or boosting crop resilience and rapid-tests. The post Gates Foundation backs Enko Chem’s eco-pesticides for Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Against the backdrop of the Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week, Nairobi hosted the UN Environment Programme’s fourth annual International Clean Air Day for blue skies event with Nairobi City County Governor, Sakaja Johnson, on September 7th, 2023.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Leaders at the UN Food Systems Summit and upcoming climate change negotiations (COP26) must acknowledge the important links between climate change, food security, and trade, say the authors, and take action to build systemic resilience to climate impacts through multilateral cooperation. Key findings per commodity.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A new partnership aims to deliver solar-powered computers to 10,000 children a year across schools in Madagascar and East Africa. And yet across Sub-Saharan Africa, only 35% of schools have access to electricity, 89% of learners do not have access to household computers and 82% lack internet access. These computers can change lives.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

Planet recently participated in a virtual discussion with US Government leaders focused on leveraging satellite data to improve climate resilience. Department of State to share how their organizations are assessing climate risk and building climate resilience.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Developed in response to the 2014 Ebola crisis, 32 solar microgrids will provide first-time access to electricity to 80,000 people in West Africa. Developed in response to the 2014 Ebola crisis, 32 solar microgrids will provide first-time access to electricity to 80,000 people in West Africa. Courtesy: Energicity).

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Impact Alpha

JULY 3, 2024

The post Ten African innovators land $55,000 each to scale their solutions for climate resilience appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Ten companies working on plastics recycling, sustainable stormwater drainage, and other climate solutions.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Alexandra Township is a 20-square-block enclave in the heart of Johannesburg, South Africa’s northern suburbs. Established in 1902, the township was built to house 750,000 residents. Today, it is home to more than 1.2 Despite efforts to increase waste.

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The City Fix

MARCH 17, 2021

In cities around the world, local officials face multi-dimensional sustainability and resilience challenges and are often responsible for achieving many overlapping mandates. More effective solutions require cross-cutting responses and collaboration across multiple levels of government and sectors. New research reveals.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

The new funding will enable Apeel to continue is international expansion, especially in places such as sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and South America — places where there are higher rates of both food waste and food insecurity. The company operates primarily in the United States and Europe today.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

The conversation was hosted by the San Francisco-based Museum of Craft and Design , which recently housed an exhibition titled “Survival Architecture and the Art of Resilience,” in which visionary architects and artists were asked to create artistically interpretative solutions and prototypes for survival shelter in a warming world. (My

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The City Fix

MARCH 26, 2025

Looking at more than 350 urban leaders and experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the Green & Resilient UrbanShift Africa Forum, Dr. Cromwel Lukorito, Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II, issued a simple.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Small businesses are the growth engine for inclusive and resilient development in Africa. Yet the $330 billion annual financing gap remains stubbornly sticky. The post Tapping the creativity of local fund managers to scale small business finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

ImpactAlpha, February 8 – Most commercial banks in Africa have long dismissed smallholder farmers and other agricultural businesses as too risky. The post Eco.business Fund backs Family Bank to finance climate resilience for farmers in Kenya appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Kenya’s Family.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

The principles of a circular economy offer a helpful framework to envision a more resilient and regenerative alternative — and chefs might be the missing ingredient to successfully realizing a new model. . An unintended impact of urbanization in South Africa is shifting relationships with food. in São Paulo.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 20, 2023

She aims to build community resilience, while producing their own energy from food and animal residuals. Kathy has led several online programmes with participants from Haiti, Belize, India, Africa, Europe, the U.S., and Puerto Rico, over 65% of them being women.

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Low Impact

JUNE 27, 2021

Today I’m talking with Shaila Agha of the Sarafu Network about ‘chamas’ and mutual credit , and how they’re changing Africa. Kenya is arid / semi-arid, so we need resilience against times of drought. Mutual credit builds so much resilience. Really nice to talk with you Shaila. Thank you – happy to be here.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 30, 2023

The post The Brief: Muni strategies for racial equity, outsourced impact investment officers, EVs in West Africa, Indigenous resilience in Indonesia appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Agents of Impact Call No. 51: How asset allocators are driving racial equity in municipal bonds.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 24, 2023

The post The Brief: Investing in resilience in Maui, jobs in South Africa, culturally-sensitive mental healthcare, farmer training in Ghana appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! It was great to see so many of you on yesterday’s Call, “Mobilizing capital in Indian Country.” We’ll have.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The post Mercy Corp Ventures backs Tappi to boost economic and climate resilience in Africa’s small businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, December 11 – Flooding and droughts, which disrupt logistics, damage stock, depress consumer spending and raise the cost of goods, affect nearly.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The post The Brief: Greenwashing graveyard, Elon Musk’s climate risk, HSBC’s natural capital funds, healthcare in Africa, women’s livelihoods, climate resilience debt appeared first on ImpactAlpha. “It’s the first time it has ever been done in a laboratory, anywhere in the world,” U.S.

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The City Fix

JULY 19, 2021

A decade ago, the South African city of Durban was facing severe water shortages. Dam reservoirs were decreasing at alarming rates, and were 20% lower than average levels. At least one in four residents were already living in water-stressed informal settlements. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 15, 2021

The post The Brief: Climate stakes in NYC election, small business resilience, South Africa’s smart cities, affordable irrigation, sustainable investing performance appeared first on Impact Alpha. The Global Impact Investing Network’s “Next Normal Now” series reconvenes on climate action tomorrow, June 16.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Hop on today’s Call: Women as agents of change for climate resilience. The post The Brief: Today’s Call: Climate + gender, the ownership pyramid, Indigenous enterprises in Australia, energy access in west Africa, climate finance in India appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! ? If and when we meet the.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 23, 2024

The importance of energy investment in Africa is not up for debate. Africa may be the home of one-fifth of the global population, but the continent only receives 3% of the global energy investment. Our priority is first resiliency. Sabrine Emran, Olga Bogdanova, and Els Kamphof talk about financing energy investment in Africa.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 16, 2023

The post The Brief: Grid resilience on Long Island, blue bond in Gabon, sustainable mineral supplies, health equity in Los Angeles, carbon credits in Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Agents of Impact Call: Catalytic capital in Indian Country. Partners of the Wolakota Buffalo Range on Rosebud Sioux.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 3, 2025

De-Risking Green Hydrogen Projects in Chile and South Africa: Unlocking a Sustainable Future Green hydrogen is on track to become a vital component of global decarbonization efforts. Countries like Chile and South Africa face additional challenges. This is where de-risking comes into play.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Concerns about the resiliency of food supply chains went from conceptual to concrete when the COVID crisis shut down railroads and stranded ships. “It Featured: Institutional Shift Podcast High-tech greenhouses attract institutional investors to food security and climate adaptation (podcast). It was no longer a theoretical issue.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 22, 2020

22 – Some 270 million smallholder farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America produce over 70-80% of the world’s food. ImpactAlpha, Jan. Yet they lack access to capital.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2020

The UK needs a far more holistic approach to flood risk and resilience, argue Sara Mehryar, Viktor Roezer and Swenja Surminski from LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. This creates a positive narrative for flood resilience as an investment in the future of our communities.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

Decision-makers must begin to take full account of the vital ways in which groundwater can help ensure the resilience of human life and activities in a future where the climate is becoming increasingly unpredictable” adds Gilbert F. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the opportunities offered by the vast aquifers remain largely underexploited.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“Africa is full of potential infrastructure project opportunities in the pipeline. This is according to Hendrik Malan, CEO and partner at Frost & Sullivan and one of many expert speakers who will address the upcoming Africa’s Green Economy Summit taking place from 22–24 February 2023.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 15, 2024

Enlit Africa creates a space for companies to collaborate, taking control of the energy security conversation and redefining its potential in Africa. Through collaborative engagements with leaders in the industry, Enlit Africa prioritises finding intelligent solutions to the energy security problem.

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