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At Shell Foundation, our research is focused on providing intelligence on customers, markets, value chains and capital requirements that can drive social impact with private capital. We freely share insights and learnings from our projects including technological innovation, the viability and scalability of business models and role of catalytic capital in raising incomes while lowering emissions.

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Theme
Region
Country
Technology
Customer Group
Gender Micro-Entrepreneurs East Africa Asset Financing Clean Cooking

Commercial eCooking: unlocking productivity for women-led businesses in Kenya and Tanzania

19th June 2026
FCDO Fostering Innovation Gender Mobilising Finance Clean Cooking

Unlocking Africa’s Green Transition: Opportunities for a Green and Inclusive Workforce

17th June 2026
Woman sitting in a field of vegetation
Gender East Africa Southeast Asia West Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Energy

Advancing clean energy for impact: a pathway to women’s economic empowerment

24th April 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

18th March 2026
FCDO Gender Micro-Entrepreneurs East Africa Smart Energy Systems

Gender results based financing pilot

This International Women’s Day, Shell Foundation is proud to share the results of a Gender Results Based Financing (RBF) pilot…

08th March 2026
Mobilising Finance Scale Partnerships Transporters East Africa West Africa Electric Vehicles

Bridging the “missing middle”: moving Africa’s e-mobility to scale

Africa’s electric 2- and 3-wheeler sector holds enormous potential to drive sustainable incomes, reduce emissions, and transform urban mobility.

12th January 2026
FCDO Scale Partnerships Smallholder Farmers West Africa Smart Energy Systems Solar Water Pumps

Empowering Nigerian farmers: Lessons from Project Clean Green

Shell Foundation and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have partnered with AFEX to deliver Project Clean Green…

21st October 2025
FCDO Micro-Entrepreneurs Smallholder Farmers East Africa Southeast Asia India Cold Storage Post-Harvest Processing

Lessons learned from addressing the sustainable cooling challenge

Since 2015, Shell Foundation has supported providers of cooling solutions to deploy their solutions to reach smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan…

01st August 2025
FCDO Gender Smallholder Farmers East Africa Southeast Asia West Africa Cold Storage Post-Harvest Processing

Solutions to reduce post-harvest loss for smallholder farmers

New research highlights the value chains most impacted by post-harvest losses and identifies key areas where innovation is essential to…

30th July 2025