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Foko Madagascar: It Takes A Village To Raise An Idea

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Foko Blog Club, Foko Madagascar Flickr Photo Joan Razafmaharo is an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. They project has several components, including: Foko Blog Club is teaching young people in Madagascar blogging skills (See photo above). s development.

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TikTok for Good: The Nonprofit’s Guide to Marketing on TikTok

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At the beginning of 2020, a video app called TikTok exploded in popularity because it provided a way for people to connect during the pandemic. This TikTok by Charity: Water, below, educates viewers on the lack of clean water in Madagascar. The examples below include a TikTok featuring random acts of kindness.

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Subscription carbon offsetting platform Ecologi hits $8M total raised, includes General Catalyst

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People subscribe to music, so why wouldn’t they subscribe to carbon offsetting to alleviate their conscience about the climate crisis? The majority of these trees were planted across Madagascar, Mozambique, Nicaragua, the United States, Australia, the U.K. That’s partly the thinking behind U.K. In January 2021, turnover was at £3.0

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

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One of the largest solar companies in Africa and Asia, Sun King , has raised $260 million in series D funding to deliver off-grid energy technologies to more people across the two continents. Sun King plans to use the funding to deliver off-grid energy technologies to more people across Africa and Asia. Image Credits: Sun King.

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Paris-based Koolboks closes $2.5M seed round to scale solar refrigeration across Africa

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Despite some success, it didn’t take us too long to figure out that our technology could be more impactful with the people that need it the most,” said Dominic, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, on a call with TechCrunch.

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

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In sub-Saharan Africa, 650M people do not have access to electricity. Qotto said it has already sold thousands of life insurance contracts. The internet hotspots will be located in high-foot traffic areas like the shops, restaurants or bars. “In 550M do not have access to the Internet and 800M do not have access to financial services.

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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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According to the World Bank , mini-grids have the potential to provide half a billion people with clean energy by the end of this decade (including those using overburdened grids) with the right policies in place. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 75% of the world’s population with no access to renewable energy solutions and electricity.

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