Nairobi, Kenya, 20th May 2020. There are more than 70 AECF REACT investee companies, all offering low-cost renewable energy from solar home systems, mini grids and clean
Nairobi, Kenya, 21st May 2020. The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund has launched the REACT Kenya Relief Fund to provide emergency grants and technical support to energy
Nairobi, Kenya, 15th May 2020. Chair of The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), Hixonia Nyasulu, has announced the appointment of David Governey and Yana Kakar to the AECF B
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2020-05-17
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Nairobi, Kenya, 23rd April 2020. As part of our COVID-19 response, AECF Chief Executive Officer, Victoria Sabula, was invited on a high-level panel of senior leaders from developme
Nairobi, Kenya, 17th February 2020 - The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has announced the appointment of a new Board during its Board meeting held in Nairobi.
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2020-02-17
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Accra, 3rd September 2019- The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) participated in the launch of the deal room session at the 2019 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) taking place in Ghana.
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2019-09-09
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Nairobi, Kenya – The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), a pan-African development institution providing catalytic funding to early and growth stage private sector companies i
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2019-08-08
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13th June 2019, Dar es Salam, Tanzania: The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) today hosted an investment forum bringing together financiers from across the world to identify investment
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2019-06-13
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VIENNA, 29 April 2019: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to
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2019-04-29
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Sweden International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and AECF signed a five year agreement worth 400 million SEK (US $48 million) to fund the Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate
Efforts by the government to improve electricity connectivity across the country is paying dividends with at least 70% of Kenyans being hooked to the national grid.
For 70-year-old Regina Ocholla, a resident Nyakach in Kenya’s Kisumu County, a kerosene-fuelled tin lamp is a painful reminder of a dark past — literally.
Armed with a solar-powered water pump for irrigation and a quarter-acre piece of borrowed land, widow Hakima Mohammed has become a Western Kenya tree tycoon.
