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Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by $8M funding

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Renewable energy solutions by companies like Qotto are bridging the energy access gap in the least electrified countries like South Sudan, Burundi, Chad, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Tanzania, all located in sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for 75% of the world’s population with no access electricity.

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

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Countries like South Sudan, Burundi, Chad, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Tanzania are among the least electrified in the world and could benefit from clean energy technologies. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 75% of the world’s population with no access to renewable energy solutions and electricity.

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

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Countries like South Sudan, Burundi, Chad, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Tanzania are among some of the least electrified countries in the world, and could benefit from clean energy from solar or wind. They also provide cleaner and cheaper alternatives of energy, which could transform the lives of millions of people living in darkness.

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

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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. greentech electronics waste mobile phone Recycled and Refurbished Computers mobile phones event'

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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Since then, the network has grown to include hundreds of members residing in the UK, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, China, and Canada. That’s when they decided that youth, who are idealistic, energetic and open-minded, would be the engine to peacebuilding to ensure that genocide does not go unchallenged.

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