5/1/2017/MasterCard Marisa Bianchi Mastercard and Accenture recently collaborated to launch the “IoT Commerce Framework” – a two-pronged white paper series outlining key capabilities needed to conduct consistent and secure digital payment experiences with virtually anything. Part one of the series highlighted the need for a streamlined approach to devices, consumers […]
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SEFA to support Tanzania in establishing a Renewable Energy Investment Facility to finance rural energy access projects
5/1/2017/AfDB The African Development Bank-hosted Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved on November 29, 2016 a US $870,000 preparation grant for Tanzania’s the Rural Energy Agency (REA) to structure the Renewable Energy Investment Facility (REIF), which will provide affordable finance to private sector clean energy projects providing energy access […]
SEFA grants US $1 million to prepare an innovative community-owned hydropower project in Kenya
5/12/2017/AfDB The African Development Bank (AfDB)-managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved a US $992,000-grant to support the preparation of 7.8-MW hydropower project (HPP) in Kenya. The project is based on standard run-of-the-river technology, but features an innovative community ownership structure, where financial returns will also accrue to members […]
