GVEP International engages with entrepreneurs, management teams, and project developers through a variety of donor-funded and commercial investment activities. We manage and cooperate with other providers on programmes which support enterprises and projects focused on increasing access to clean energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. These programmes provide business support as well as access to finance across the capital spectrum (grants, debt and equity).
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Please note that only submissions for projects based in Sub-Saharan Africa will be considered at present.
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According to the United Nations, access to reliable and sufficient sources of energy will be critical to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing poverty and hunger by 2015. Many of the world’s poorest people are rural farmers with no connections to power grids or large-scale energy sources. Most of their day-to-day energy currently comes from the burning of wood and charcoal, practices that contribute to air pollution, deforestation, and the loss of precious time and energy collecting firewood. Today, Nourishing the Planet introduces five sources of renewable energy that are meeting the demands of poor farmers and allowing them to improve their harvests and their lives. Delete the scoop?
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