From vulnerability to empowerment: how women in India are driving change through unconventional occupations

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Shell Foundation’s India Business Analyst Tanya Kothari gives her personal point of view, using her experience of SF’s work in the  area of increasing gender inclusion in the mobility value chain. The article, co-authored with Aishwarya Raman, Head of Research at the Ola Mobility Institute, discusses how India should embark on a journey to better the balance of…

Market Insight Early-stage ‘Blended Finance’ for Universal Energy Access in Africa

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Grant-makers, donors, impact investors and development financiers must combine to leverage the $33 billion funding that energy enterprises require to meet Africa’s basic energy needs by 2030. Larger, more agile “blended” finance vehicles – providing early-stage funding at the right time at the right scale – are needed to enable this. The Portuguese city of…

Capital needs to connect off-grid households in sub-Saharan Africa

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SF Director Sam Parker and Catalyst CEO Dan Murphy discussed the report recently in an online webinar hosted by the Clean Energy Solutions Center in partnership with the United Nations Foundation Energy Access Practitioner Network, and took questions from an audience including investors, developers and supporters of the off-grid sector. Taking stock after 15 years…

From Innovation to Impact

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Like a world champion Jamaican sprinter the use of the word “innovation” has exploded onto the scene in recent years as the golden ticket of international development, with a soaring number of entrepreneurs, social investors, grant-makers, corporates and public agencies in hot pursuit. The topic was widely debated at last month’s Sankalp Africa Summit in…