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Sun King raises $260M to widen clean energy access in Africa, Asia

TechCrunch

It has sold its products in over 40 countries including Kenya, one of its first markets, where it reports to have benefited 18 million people over 10 years of operations. The company was founded in 2007 by T. Patrick Walsh (CEO) and Anish Thakkar.

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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

TechCrunch

MSMEs are the engine of economies in Africa, and powering existing small businesses and encouraging the formation of new MSMEs helps create the type of economic growth and social benefit that carries over to households by creating more opportunity and more jobs,” the company’s CEO and co-founder Manoj Sinha, told TechCrunch.

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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

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The Greatest Environmental Benefit. Reusing old equipment has the greatest environmental benefit. Since 2005, the organization has sent more than 17,000 computers and mobile phones to schools, small businesses, and NGOs in Burkina Faso, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Madagascar, and Niger. spanhidden.

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