The Charcoal Project is seeking to expand its relationships with social impact investors to help facilitate funding for participants in the renewable biomass fuel sector, who are often unable to access traditional capital markets. We recently helped arrange a loan between Betty Zizinga Kaddu at Best of Waste Ltd (BOW) in Uganda and the 3rd Creek […]
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By Fatin El-Kabashi Abdullah Ibrahim Fatin volunteered with TCP this summer providing pro bono legal advice, researching and blogging about TCP’s work in East Africa. She is a recent Georgetown Law graduate. Fatin previously worked as a finance lawyer in London, UK. She is passionate about supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in developing countries and is
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Today we inaugurate SPOTLIGHT, a new regular series that focuses on social entrepreneurs on the frontlines of the battle to deliver cost-efficient, quality, and sustainable energy solutions to consumers and small businesses in sub-Saharan Africa. Our Spotlight today is on Raising Gabdho Foundation, a Uganda-based non-profit with robust charcoal briquette sales in Kampala. But Raising
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(BBC) More than 300 people are feared dead after heavy rain caused a series of landslides in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda. A trading centre in a village was flattened, leaving shops and houses buried under the mud, officials said. Rescuers are digging in the mud with hand-held tools as mechanical diggers cannot reach the affected villages. President Yoweri Museveni visited the affected area, and criticised residents for settling on a floodplain. The president also said the disaster could be partially blamed on local farmers for stripping the land of thick plant life. Some 86 deaths have been confirmed, with local officials saying at least 250 people remain missing.
UGANDA: Landslide linked to deforestation kills hundreds. Read More »
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