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Low cost impact investing

MicroPlace is a wholly-owned subsidiary of eBay, and an affiliate of eBay’s online payment division PayPal. But it is not only for this association that it is attracting the interest of investors. It has been, from the time of its start of operations a reliable way to make impact investment […]

October 6, 2012

A sector based approach to impact investing

According to the Omidyar Network, impact investors should avoid concentrating on one firm at a time and take an overlook of the number of sectors that they want to make an impact in. Impact investments should be measured not only at the firm level for this, but also at the […]

October 1, 2012

Accenture helps IGD develop electricity and connectivity in Uganda

Accenture, a global management consultancy will be helping IGD (Initiative for Global Development), a programme by University of Notre Dame develop ways to stay powered by electricity through solar. Solar will now be powering internet, education and training centres and locally develop ventures in disconnected parts of Uganda. Read more […]

October 1, 2012

Esource: Recycling, and cycling

Esource is the name of an idea proposed by Hal Watts to make a machine that uses the energy generated from cycling to shred electrical wires so finely that the inside copper and the outside rubber coating would be separated. This would eliminate the need for burning the wires which […]

October 1, 2012

African policymakers seek to reduce pollution for clean air

It was decided at a recent conference of high level government officials and policy makers in Accra, Ghana, that efficient ways to reduce the emissions of SLCPs (short-lived climate pollutants) would be devised. SLCPs include methane, black carbon (soot), tropospheric ozone, and many hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). According to Ghana’s Environment Minister […]

October 1, 2012

Organizations invest in CleanStar Mozambique

The Soros Economic Development Fund and the Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries recently announced that they would be investing approximately US$9 million in CleanStar Mozambique, the social enterprise which pioneered the use of cookstoves that run on cassava, do not produce smoke and hence reduce indoor air pollution. This investment […]

October 1, 2012

World LP Gas Association announces international programme

Cooking using LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) produces no smoke filled with solid particles which are extremely harmful for health. However, cooking with LPG is not a luxury for people in the developing world. However, the World LP Gas Association (WLPGA) recently announced that it would soon be launching a five […]

October 1, 2012

Clean fuels & cookstoves for Haiti

This post enlists the scope and cause of CDi’s initiatives in scaling the use of clean cookstoves throughout the underserved households in Haiti, through a number of eco-enterprise projects and programmes. Read more here.

October 1, 2012

Nigeria: 100,000 die of IAP yearly

In Nigeria, about 100,000 people die from inhalation of fumes and cookstove generated smoke. This smoke thus is the third largest killer of people in Nigeria after AIDS and malaria. According to experts, even the people who are aware of this danger continue to use inefficient fuels and stoves due […]