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Shell Foundation is committed to sharing learning, thought leadership and news. We share insights to encourage faster progress in the clean energy access sector. These include learnings from our work – including successes and failure – thought leadership pieces on sector trends and opportunities, and news from across our portfolio and partners.
Theme
Region
Country
Technology
Customer Group
Scale Partnerships
Transporters
Southeast Asia
India
Mobility
Electric Vehicles
Food delivery platform Zomato has introduced a new initiative
As summer temperatures soar across India, food delivery platform Zomato has introduced a new initiative aimed at making working conditions…
30th April 2026
FCDO
Fostering Innovation
Mobilising Finance
Scale Partnerships
Smallholder Farmers
Transporters
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
Mobility
Post-Harvest Processing
Shell Foundation launches Africa Corporate Innovation Program to catalyse Japanese–African startup collaboration
27th April 2026
Gender
East Africa
Southeast Asia
West Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Energy
Advancing clean energy for impact: a pathway to women’s economic empowerment
Climate change is not gender neutral. In Africa, it could push 158 million more women into poverty by 2050.
24th April 2026
Fostering Innovation
Micro-Entrepreneurs
Southeast Asia
India
Clean Cooking
Smart Energy Systems
Trane Technologies and Shell Foundation partner to scale up cooling solutions for Indian workers, enhancing livelihoods and climate adaptation
23rd April 2026
FCDO
Mobilising Finance
Micro-Entrepreneurs
Smallholder Farmers
Southeast Asia
Post-Harvest Processing
Shell Foundation provides guarantee to catalyse U.S. International Development Finance Corporation for S4S, supporting smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs
15th April 2026
Gender
Smallholder Farmers
Southeast Asia
India
Post-Harvest Processing
Shell Foundation and Industree Foundation partner to enhance incomes of smallholder women farmers through bamboo value chain
19th March 2026
Fostering Innovation
Micro-Entrepreneurs
India
Clean Cooking
From flame to plug: what India’s micro-food vendors tell us about the commercial future of clean cooking
New research shows how electric cooking is improving productivity, incomes, and working conditions for micro-food vendors across India.
18th March 2026
Fostering Innovation
Mobilising Finance
Smallholder Farmers
East Africa
Southeast Asia
West Africa
Clean Cooking
Sistema.bio raises $53M to launch FarmCarbon—an innovative funding vehicle aimed at expanding climate finance for smallholder farmers and accelerating methane mitigation
17th March 2026
FCDO
Gender
Scale Partnerships
Smallholder Farmers
West Africa
Cold Storage
Post-Harvest Processing
Solar Water Pumps
Shell Foundation and Startup Discovery School launch the West Africa Aggregator Service Platform to boost the incomes of women smallholder farmers
16th March 2026
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