Category: Member article
CrossBoundary Access & ANKA close major Madagascar acquisition, strengthening momentum for mini-grids in sub-Saharan Africa
This acquisition marks the first exit of early-stage investors from an operational mini-grid platform in Madagascar, demonstrating the growing bankability of the mini-grid asset class and developers. Structured as a project finance acquisition while retaining ANKA as a long-term minority […]
PIDG invests to scale an innovative waste-to-energy treatment plant initiative in Kenya
14 January 2026, Naivasha, Kenya – ARE Member the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) has announced a USD 3.3m equity investment to finance the expansion of Sanivation Ltd.’s innovative waste-to-value offering in Kenya. Sanivation, in partnership with Nakuru County, established […]
How off-grid solutions drive women’s economic empowerment in Burundi
In Burundi, women are increasingly taking a central role in the expansion of off-grid energy solutions – an evolution strongly supported by FESEC Burundi (Fonds Energie Solaire et de Cuisson) – a fund that supports private sector players in energy […]
Entrepreneurs as drivers of economic growth and agents of social dynamics in electrified areas
Based on its experience in developing productive energy uses (PUE) and Electrified Business Areas (EBA) in Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso, Geres is now partnering with off-grid electrification operators to promote the connection of entrepreneurs to their energy infrastructures. By […]
247Solar launches $25 million Series B round
To scale around-the-clock industrial heat and electricity for C&I sector Great Falls, Virginia | 1 Dec 2025 – 247Solar, the MIT-born innovator of clean, always-on industrial heat plus electricity for commercial and industrial customers, today announced the launch of a […]
Single trend report – Solar PV skills & jobs in Africa
In October 2025, the International Solar Alliance, in cooperation with the Becquerel Institute, published its flagship report titled “Jobs and Skills in PV in Africa”, mapping how the continent can turn solar ambitions into sustainable employment and inclusive skills development. […]
Climate action takes hold where people lead: Lessons from Mozambique’s emerging green transition
In northern Mozambique, the green transition is not arriving as a technological package. It is taking shape through people, institutions, and local economies. Under the CIRCOSOL initiative—funded by AICS and implemented by LVIA, Politecnico di Milano, and Engreen—climate action is […]
EXI: funding opportunities for decentralised energy supply with green hydrogen and fuel cell technologies
The “Export Initiative Environmental Protection” (EXI) is a funding programme initiated by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in 2016. The programme promotes green innovations, products and services worldwide to establish environmental […]
Green transition & climate action through local value chains
ennos develops high-efficiency solar water pumps for smallholder farmers and produces them together with strong African manufacturing partners. By combining Swiss engineering with African production, ennos ensures that technology, value, and expertise stay close to the communities that use them. […]
EDP strengthens energy inclusion by bringing clean energy to communities in Africa and Latin America
EDP will support, for the first time, an energy access project in Brazil through the A2E Fund. The initiative involves a solar pumping system developed by the Puxirum Institute, which will ensure continuous access to drinking water in an Amazon […]