Category: Member article
ARE Member Renewvia Energy receives $1M commitment from Sima Fund to electrify communities in rural Kenya
Nairobi, 2 June 2021 – Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (SIMA), a new generation of impact investment manager, and ARE Member Renewvia Energy Corporation, a global solar developer, today announced a partnership to electrify rural communities in Kenya underserved by […]
ARE Member New Sun Road partners with Microsoft to answer US VP Kamala Harris’s Call to Action
27 May 2021 – US Vice President Kamala Harris announced a Call to Action for businesses and social enterprises to make new, significant commitments to help send a signal of hope to the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras […]
ARE Member WaterKiosk installs water desalination system in 23 Kenyan hospitals
21 May 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the critical role hygiene and water play in people’s lives and the safe operation in the health sector. Therefore, in celebration of world water day, ARE Member WaterKiosk in partnership with […]
SolarX Africa Closes Funding from ARE Member Energy Access Ventures
Nairobi, 19 May 2021 – SolarX Africa, a Malian based solar company, is pleased to announce the closing of additional funding from ARE Member Energy Access Ventures (EAV), an early-stage fund investing in decentralised energy companies across sub-Saharan Africa. The company develops, finances, […]
How a village that isn’t connected to the national grid, is using clean cooking, selling face masks, and tested e-bikes
6 April 2021 – Having reliable energy infrastructure is a fundamental step towards giving people the same opportunities that most of us already have. Without electricity, even reading this blog becomes an insurmountable obstacle. In many developing countries reliable energy infrastructure […]
ARE Member CMR Group develop an all-in-one mini solar and hybrid power plant
15 April 2021 – In 2020, more than 850 million people worldwide did not have access to electricity, 90% of them mostly living in rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Access to electricity is vital to ensure the basic […]
ARE Members Grino & Africa GreenTec collaborate on solar water treatment
10 March 2021 – German start-up Grino Water Solutions will now provide its solar-powered water treatment solution at the ImpactSites of off-grid provider Africa GreenTec AG. The company installs containerised solar systems in rural areas in several countries in West Africa. […]
ARE Member SunFunder completes capital raise for Solar Energy Transformation Fund
8 March 2021 – Solar investments help reduce emissions and improve energy access in Africa and Asia ARE Member SunFunder, a finance company specialising in distributed solar in emerging markets, announces the final close of capital investments in the oversubscribed […]
Local Innovation: Creating a Foundation for Success in Rural Liberia
After several years of working closely with the people of Totota, Liberia, NRECA International in partnership with USAID/Liberia collaborated with this rural community to establish an electric cooperative in 2018 to bring them affordable, reliable and safe electricity. In less […]
ARE Members SunCulture & SunFunder collaborate to expand solar irrigation in Africa
10 February 2021 – ARE Member SunCulture, a solar irrigation company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, today received the first disbursement from a new $11m syndicated debt facility to expand its operations in sub-Saharan Africa. The new loan is groundbreaking for the […]