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135

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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Kazi Yetu Limited

Energy-efficient agricultural production and processing in the tea and spice sector

Product Segment(s): Energy - Agricutural Processing

Translight Solar

SunBox – solar powered mini-grids

Product Segment(s): Energy - Energy Production and infrastructure agriculture

Energy 4 Impact

Solar solutions, rice processing facilities, energy efficiency and climate resilience measures, improved knowledge of ISS and agricultural practices and access to finance.

Product Segment(s): Energy - Farm Production & Mechanization, Energy - Aggregation, Storage, & Logistics, Energy - Agricutural Processing, Water - Irrigation, Financial Solution

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September 26, 2022 in End-User Financing, Innovator News, S/SEA RIH

The Power of Flexible Financing: How ONergy is Expanding Access to Energy Services

The Indian renewable energy sector is the world's fourth largest renewable energy market and is looking to grow. By 2030, India plans on installing 450 Gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy…
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September 21, 2022 in Innovator News

From the roadside to the fields

Since 2015, the Kenyan small business, Safi Organics, has been producing organic fertilizer. They've had great success, not only with the yields of the organically fertilized fields improving, but also…
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September 16, 2022 in End-User Financing, Innovator News, MENA RIH

End-User Financing in Lebanon: The Case of Green Essence

Amidst an ongoing nationwide economic and fuel crisis in Lebanon and worldwide rising energy prices, many Lebanese businesses are struggling to stay in operation. Farmers in particular face rising oil…
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September 15, 2022 in Innovator News

Helping Farmers Save Dairy – How Promethean Power Systems is Tackling the Milk Waste Crisis

India is one of the world's largest milk producers, and, according to the NITI Aayog report, milk production in India is expected to increase to around 330 million tonnes in the…
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September 8, 2022 in End-User Financing, Program News

End-User Financing and You: WE4F Releases New Guidebook to Help Innovators

Time and time again, it has been shown that access to finance for smallholder farmers can help improve livelihoods and the economy.1However, financing opportunities remain scarce and the ones that…
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August 24, 2022 in Program News, S/CA RIH

Southern and Central Africa Regional Innovation Hub Announces Its Second Call for Innovations

Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge (WE4F) Southern and Central Africa Regional Innovation Hub (S/CA RIH) launches its second Call for Innovations, open to enterprises, nonprofits, and academic organizations…
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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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