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139

supported innovations

38

countries where WE4F innovations operate

23

women-led and women-owned innovations supported

520,000

end-users impacted

57,000,000

tons CO2e saved

$8.5 million

in private sector investment mobilized

1.2 million

tons of food produced

24 million

kWh of energy saved

$19.5 million

in innovation gross sales

291 million

liters of water consumption reduced

72,000

hectares of land under improved management practices

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Energy 4 Impact

Solar Irrigation for Smallholder in Tanzania

Product Segment(s): Energy - Farm Production & Mechanization, Water - Irrigation, Financial Solution

Lanforce Energy

Stage 3: 1001-10,000 end-users

Providing portable biodigesters for clean energy and cold storage

Product Segment(s): Energy - Farm Input, Energy - Aggregation, Storage, & Logistics

Meat Naturally

Mobile livestock production and market access solutions

Product Segment(s): Water - Capture / Storage

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August 5, 2022 in S/CA RIH

WE4F Launches Southern and Central Africa Call for Expression of Interest from Service Providers!

The WE4F Southern and Central Africa Regional Innovation Hub invites eligible service providers to respond to the Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI). The call applications will close on September…
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August 4, 2022 in Innovator News, MENA RIH

Organizing a Raising Capital Event in Lebanon: Two Innovators’ Perspectives

Being an innovator in Lebanon is challenging. The country is firmly in the grip of its worst economic, financial, and political crisis in more than a decade. Since 2019, Lebanon's…
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August 4, 2022 in Program News

Join WE4F at World Water Week 2022!

Water is a fundamental resource for agricultural production, with it accounting for 70% of global freshwater withdrawals. Additionally, 80% of farmland is rainfed. This high dependency on rain, and water…
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July 20, 2022 in Innovator News, WA RIH

Formation SPIS au Burkina Faso: Devenez Formateur ou multiplicateur sur les systèmes d’irrigation à énergie solaire

La GIZ, à travers son programme Eau et Energie pour l’Alimentation (PEEPA/WE4F), ouvre les inscriptions de formations pour des formateurs et multiplicateurs (ou conseillers) sur les systèmes de l’irrigation solaire…
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July 18, 2022 in Innovator News, WA RIH

Improved SPIS courses of four local, agricultural schools in Benin

For the French version, please click here.   Africa is the continent most affected by climate change. Rainy seasons are getting shorter and shorter, while water is becoming increasingly scarcefor…
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July 8, 2022 in Innovator News, S/CA RIH

WE4F Southern and Central Africa Regional Innovation Hub Announces Winners of the First Call for Innovations

For Immediate Release July 8, 2022Pretoria – The Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) Grand Challenge Southern and Central Africa Regional Innovation Hub (S/CA RIH) announced today the 8 winners…
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Water is used for ag production, forestry, fishery, the agri-food supply chain, and to produce or transport energy. Energy is required to produce, transport and distribute food, as well as to extract, pump, lift, collect, transport, and treat water.

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