The #EEP_Africa fund has just opened new call for proposals to support clean energy entrepreneurs in Southern and East Africa.
https://eepafrica.org/financing/2023-call-for-proposals/

Schedule
12.5. Application deadline
29.5. Communication to longlisted applicants
31.5. Virtual Bootcamp
5-16.6. Pitching sessions
23.6. Comm. to shortlisted applicants
23.6. – 18.8. Full Proposal submission
30.9. Final decision
Oct-Nov: Contracting
2024-2026: Project implementation (max 24 mths)
#EnergyAccess
#RenewableEnergy
#CleanCooking

May The Forest Be With You... @COTAP visits India's Khasi Hills, where an #indigenous-owned carbon-credit-driven project is protecting forests and cutting energy & emissions with both electric and propane (LPG) alternatives to wood burning. https://youtu.be/S2QveDNr7Y8 #cleancooking

This factory-made #biodigester by https://sistema.bio/ has been used for 3 years in periurban #Kenya, replacing polluting #charcoal and costly LPG with #cleancooking while producing fertilizer to organic farm. The feeding tank keeps solids out, less need to empty/purge the digester.
Satisfied customers are good marketing.

Unfortunately #CleanCooking is not progressing as well as off-grid power. Over 2 billion people still cook on open fire, indoors, using solid fuels (wood, #charcoal), exposing themselves to deadly #indoorSmoke.
Modular #biodigers by Sistema.Bio provide an alternative for small-hold farmers. #EEP_Africa supports gender-inclusive recruitment & training, seeking to market 4000 biodigesters to avoid 7400tCO2 and 1.1M€ energy costs p.a.
#SistemaBio
https://eepafrica.org/Portfolio/sistema-bio/

Unfortunately #CleanCooking is not progressing as well as off-grid power. Over 2 billion people still cook on open fire, indoors, using solid fuels (wood, #charcoal), exposing themselves to deadly #indoorSmoke.
Modular #biodigers by #SistemaBio provide an alternative for small-hold farmers. #EEP_Africa supports gender-inclusive recruitment & training, seeking to market 4000 biodigesters to avoid 7400tCO2 and 1.1M€ energy costs p.a.
https://eepafrica.org/Portfolio/sistema-bio/

New results report on Finnish #DevelopmentPolicy will be published in the next few days.

Previous report was in 2018:
https://kehityspolitiikka2018.um.fi/en/

The key energy result is #SDG7.1 Access to clean energy.
In 2015-2018, Finnish interventions reached 700k households, almost as much as the population of #Finland. Mostly #CleanCooking.

#DevelopmentResults #EnergyAccess