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Social enterprise to provide 10 million with access to renewable energy

Social enterprise to provide 10 million with access to renewable energy | Energy SMEs in Developing Countries | Scoop.it

Ten million low-income people living in rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, will gain access to low-cost solar energy by 2015, in part due to a commitment made by solar energy provider Barefoot Power to the Business Call to Action (BCtA).

The BCtA is a global initiative that encourages private sector efforts to fight poverty, supported by several international organizations including the UN Development Programme (UNDP)

 

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Rural Areas to Be Electrified by 2017

Rural Areas to Be Electrified by 2017 | Energy SMEs in Developing Countries | Scoop.it

All schools, clinics, market places, churches and households within an identified radius in the rural areas will be electrified within the next five years as part of government's five-year Rural Electrification Distribution Master Plan which was launched last month, President Hifikepunye Pohamba has said.

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