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Empowering Lives & Energizing Markets: A World Bank #ESMAP initiative to rapidly increase access to #OffGridSolar for those living without electricity.

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📣Exciting update! #ESMAP's GEP 3.0 tool is here! Enhancing #ElectricityAccess planning with more data and low-carbon solutions. Discover how this tool can help achieve universal, sustainable energy access by reading our latest blog: wrld.bg/HorV50STl4C


📢 Happening TODAY. Join us for this topical webinar on sustainable #OffGrid #Cooling. Register now ⏰ bit.ly/3Xhc8B4

#OffGridCooling is crucial as it addresses the significant yet often overlooked needs of rural populations & can have a significant impact on quality of life and economic opportunities. Hear insights from the authors & discussants today at 11am👉 Register: bit.ly/3Xhc8B4



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DYK #OffGridCooling is crucial with 306 million people threatened by heat and no access to cooling in poor rural areas? Learn more during the launch of #ESMAP @SEforALLorg joint Report on June 24 at 10am (EDT). Register: bit.ly/3Xhc8B4

WBG_Energy's tweet image. DYK #OffGridCooling is crucial with 306 million people threatened by heat and no access to cooling in poor rural areas? Learn more during the launch of #ESMAP @SEforALLorg joint Report on June 24 at 10am (EDT).
Register: bit.ly/3Xhc8B4

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For the first time in a decade, the number of people living without electricity worldwide has increased, not declined. 685 million remain w/out electricity💡#TrackingSDG7 #2030Agenda. 👉 Read Press Release wrld.bg/4Lq750ShR4n 🎞️Video wrld.bg/c1St50ShR4m

WBG_Energy's tweet image. For the first time in a decade, the number of people living without electricity worldwide has increased, not declined. 685 million remain w/out electricity💡#TrackingSDG7 #2030Agenda.

👉 Read Press Release wrld.bg/4Lq750ShR4n
🎞️Video wrld.bg/c1St50ShR4m

📣 Join #GOGSFE24 for the global #OffGridSolar event! Connect with industry experts & attend sessions on expanding energy access, powering agriculture, & health. Hosted by @GOGLAssociation, #ESMAP @WBG_Energy, @GovtOfKenya Register: offgridsolarforum.org

lightingafrica's tweet image. 📣 Join #GOGSFE24 for the global #OffGridSolar event!

Connect with industry experts & attend sessions on expanding energy access, powering agriculture, & health.

Hosted by @GOGLAssociation, #ESMAP @WBG_Energy, @GovtOfKenya

Register:
offgridsolarforum.org

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#WBGMeetings wrap up : ➡️Energy access for 300M Africans with @AfDB_Group ➡️Expanded health services for 1.5B by 2030 ➡️$11B pledged by 11 countries for development ➡️New Collaborative Co-Financing Platform ➡️More on @WBG_IDA’s role ahead Learn more:wrld.bg/8ZP850RkoO3


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Save the Date for #GOGSFE24! Engage in discussions on industry issues, witness disruptive technologies, and unlock partnerships. 📅 Oct 8-10 📍 Nairobi, Kenya Get your ticket: ⬇️ offgridsolarforum.org

GOGLAssociation's tweet image. Save the Date for #GOGSFE24! 

Engage in discussions on industry issues, witness disruptive technologies, and unlock partnerships. 

📅 Oct 8-10 
📍 Nairobi, Kenya

Get your ticket: ⬇️
offgridsolarforum.org

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It is time to stop squandering the talents of half of humanity! This #WomensDay, let us commit to accelerating gender equality. Are you with us? wrld.bg/XI2h50QHTag #AccelerateEquality

WBG_Gender's tweet image. It is time to stop squandering the talents of half of humanity! 

This #WomensDay, let us commit to accelerating gender equality.

Are you with us? wrld.bg/XI2h50QHTag

#AccelerateEquality

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. @WorldBank initiative @lightingafrica tackles the issue of #BlackCarbon emissions from kerosene wick lamps by promoting #solar lighting in regions with limited access to electricity in #Africa. Find out more in our report bit.ly/3v6KoTE @theGEF @AfDB_Group


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📢 Ready to create a more #inclusive workplace? Dive into the tool suite on workforce gender inclusion in IFC's new digital Gender & Infrastructure Toolkit ➡️ wrld.bg/oqHH50Q6bBy #AccelerateEquality #IFCgender

IFC_org's tweet image. 📢 Ready to create a more #inclusive workplace?
Dive into the tool suite on workforce gender inclusion in IFC's new digital Gender & Infrastructure Toolkit
➡️ wrld.bg/oqHH50Q6bBy 
#AccelerateEquality #IFCgender

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Coastal West Africa generated 6.9M tons of plastic waste in 2018, w/ 20% generated within 30km of the coast. 🌊 Densely populated seaside cities & trade routes connected to roads or rivers are waste hotspots. How do we curb this? Read more ⤵️ #BeatPlasticPollution


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An estimated 104 million people are currently benefiting from improved access to #energy through #offgridsolar energy kits reported by GOGLA affiliates. Close to 15 million people are benefiting from improved access to appliances. Here's the latest data: bit.ly/2I6ngfO

GOGLAssociation's tweet image. An estimated 104 million people are currently benefiting from improved access to #energy through #offgridsolar energy kits reported by GOGLA affiliates. Close to 15 million people are benefiting from improved access to appliances.

Here's the latest data: bit.ly/2I6ngfO

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World Bank just approved $1.5 Billion in financing to support #India’s low-carbon transition. 📽️WATCH @WorldBank Country Director for India, Auguste Tano Kouamé, explain how the World Bank is supporting India’s journey towards a low-carbon future. 🔗wrld.bg/eYFs50P209z


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#ICYMI: The Ethiopian Electric Utility has launched a tender for the construction of 20 solar #minigrids across several parts of #Ethiopia. Thanks to @WBG_Energy's ADELE program, the government has secured financing for these projects buff.ly/42XEvDB #SDG7 #SolarEnergy


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Find out how the REACH Partnership is shaping a more equitable and sustainable future for all. lightingglobal.org/activities/rea…

Acumen's tweet image. Find out how the REACH Partnership is shaping a more equitable and sustainable future for all. lightingglobal.org/activities/rea…

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📢@MercyCorps is proud to partner with REACH to bring transformative changes through renewable energy in frontier markets lnkd.in/dfdqkvZg 👉#REACHforEnergyAccess

Energy4Impact's tweet image. 📢@MercyCorps is proud to partner with REACH to bring transformative changes through renewable energy in frontier markets
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👉#REACHforEnergyAccess

REACH is committed to expanding access to #OffGridSolar in SSA. Through collaboration, increased funding, and knowledge sharing, together we can achieve #SDG7. 🔗bit.ly/43rV5vZ #REACHforEnergyAccess #ESMAP

lightingafrica's tweet image. REACH is committed to expanding access to #OffGridSolar in SSA. Through collaboration, increased funding, and knowledge sharing, together we can achieve #SDG7.
🔗bit.ly/43rV5vZ
#REACHforEnergyAccess #ESMAP

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REACH is committed to expanding access to #OffGridSolar in SSA. Through collaboration, increased funding, and knowledge sharing, together we can achieve #SDG7. 🔗 ow.ly/P4jL50OAsZm #REACHforEnergyAccess #ESMAP @lightingafrica @GOGLAssociation @SEforALLorg

PowerAfricaUS's tweet image. REACH is committed to expanding access to #OffGridSolar in SSA. Through collaboration, increased funding, and knowledge sharing, together we can achieve #SDG7.

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#REACHforEnergyAccess #ESMAP @lightingafrica @GOGLAssociation @SEforALLorg

#DYK 89% of people without electricity in SSA that can best be served by #OffGridSolar are in the poorest, most remote & unstable regions? REACH is committed to enabling first-time energy access in these hard-to-reach areas. 🔗bit.ly/43rV5vZ #REACHforEnergyAccess #ESMAP

lightingafrica's tweet image. #DYK 89% of people without electricity in SSA that can best be served by #OffGridSolar are in the poorest, most remote & unstable regions? REACH is committed to enabling first-time energy access in these hard-to-reach areas.
🔗bit.ly/43rV5vZ
#REACHforEnergyAccess #ESMAP

The clean energy transition must prioritize the most vulnerable. 600 million await first-time energy access in SSA. REACH will work to bridge this gap, activating markets in the most challenging regions. 🔗bit.ly/43rV5vZ #REACHforEnergyAccess #ESMAP #SDG7

lightingafrica's tweet image. The clean energy transition must prioritize the most vulnerable. 600 million await first-time energy access in SSA. REACH will work to bridge this gap, activating markets in the most challenging regions.
🔗bit.ly/43rV5vZ
#REACHforEnergyAccess #ESMAP #SDG7

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