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Agricultural Equipment

Improving Communities and Women’s Lives with Solar Mills in Nigeria

In Nigeria, see how portable, solar-powered grain mills are transforming lives and improving food security.

Agricultural Equipment

Brighter Futures for Rural Youth with Solar

Report shows that solar-powered farm equipment can boost rural employment in emerging economies.

Seven Impact-Driven Organizations to Receive Funding to Alleviate Energy Poverty for Millions

The Energy Access Institutions Facility announces seven organizations to receive support to accelerate access to life-changing, off-grid energy for millions of people.

Cooling

Financing for Impact: CLASP Supports Companies Delivering Sustainable Cooling in Nigeria

With CLASP's financing support, affordable, solar refrigeration solutions help small businesses keep their products cool in Nigeria.

Efficient Appliances Translate to Higher Business Revenues, Field Tests Show

Rwandan entrepreneurs increased their incomes by adopting efficient appliances, CLASP research found.

Find CLASP at the IEA 9th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency

From 21 to 22 May 2024, CLASP participated in the 9th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ugandan woman cooking with an electric pressure cooker

Cooking

CLASP’s Impact Working with Africa’s Clean Cooking Sector

In advance of CLASP attending the IEA Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, here’s a short synopsis of CLASP’s clean cooking initiatives across Africa.

Cooking

Seven Clean Cooking Companies Selected for CLASP Support in Uganda

CLASP selected seven companies working in Uganda to promote the sale of over 12,000 affordable, clean cooking appliances over the next year, using innovative financing.

Renewable Energy Systems

CLASP Chosen to Lead Initiative with Potential to Bring Clean Energy to Millions

CLASP was selected to lead the Energy Access Institutions Facility, and initiative aiming to accelerate access to life-changing, off-grid energy to millions of people.

Agricultural Equipment

Financing for Impact: Providing Affordable and Sustainable Energy Solutions in Ethiopia

With CLASP's financing support, Green Scene Energy is able to extend affordability and accessibility to solar water pumps for off-grid communities in Ethiopia.

Refrigeration

Financing for Impact: Powering Change in Northern Uganda with Solar

Learn how, with CLASP's innovative financing support, life-changing, efficient, solar energy services are being extended to off-grid communities in Northern Uganda.
Measuring the energy efficiency of a solar water pump

Agricultural Equipment

Securing Year-Round Water Supply On Small Farms In Rwanda

In the hills of Rwanda, CLASP works to improve farmers' livelihoods by securing irrigation using solar water pumps. 
People look at an electric pressure cooker

Cooking

For a busy Kigali restaurant, a safer way to cook

In Kigali, Rwanda, the CLASP team introduce electric pressure cookers, a clean cooking appliance, to a busy restaurant.
Ugandan woman using a PowerUP electric pressure cooker

Cooking

Applications are Open! Scaling the Sales of Clean Cooking in Uganda

CLASP is working to support cookstove companies in Uganda scale the sales of affordable, cleaner and modern cooking equipment.

Cooking

Let’s Cook Clean: Navigating E-Waste Management in Kenya and Rwanda

CLASP and the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) bring new research into the e-waste management of electric cooking appliances in Kenya and Rwanda.

Find CLASP at the Africa Climate Summit 2023

Between September 4 -6, CLASP attended the Africa Climate Summit, convened by the African Union (AU) and hosted by the Government of Kenya.

Electronics

Innovative Financing Facility Supports 18 Productive Use Companies in Africa

See how CLASP's innovative financing provides subsidies and capacity-building grants to 18 companies in Africa, increasing the affordability and access to life changing technology.

Cooling

Kenya Launches First National Cooling Action Plan

To promote sustainable cooling solutions amidst rising temperatures, Kenya has introduced a comprehensive five-year National Cooling Action Plan.

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