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Lack of access to clean energy often disproportionately affects women. It is crucial to ensure that women can have leading roles in the design and execution of new energy technologies. However, women hold only 6% of executive and leading roles in the African energy sector and make up only 20% of the general power sector workforce. The Denis Goldberg Scholarship directly addresses this problem. See post below to learn how. #womeninenergy #sustainableenergysolutions #sustainabledevelopment #renewableenergy Shaun McLaughlin Prince Kelly Anyomitse Stephen Kaye Peace Amaro Chanelle Mwizawase Mwiche Namukulwa The Challenges Group Challenges Zambia Challenges Ghana Challenges Rwanda

The CABEF explores the potential of women in the energy sector. International Women's Day: CABEF steps into a webinar: On the occasion of the 39th International Women's Rights Day, CABEF celebrates the excellence of women through an exclusive webinar on March 7th at 3 PM, focused on 'Women in energy & hydrocarbons: Inclusion and Challenges'. Mrs. Nathalie Lum, the initiator of the event, invites you to join us in exploring the inspiring journeys of leading female figures in this sector. Do not miss this opportunity rich in inspiration and dialogue. In this article, discover the motivations of CABEF to promote and organize this event. Access the article here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gp2ymfVD www.wearecabef.org [email protected] 237 655 96 96 96 #LeadershipFéminin #Énergie #Inclusion #FemmesEnÉnergie #InnovationÉnergétique #CABEF #CAPS #EnergieDurable #AfriqueCentrale" #CABEF2023 #MomentsInoubliables #CABEF #pipeline #CEEAC #energy #africanforum #APPO #oilandgas #hydrocarbon #power #gas #petrole #energy #energie #energystorage #productiondénergie #industrie #investissements #infrastructures #economies #strategy #stratégie #avenir

Camco is eying financial close on our Transforming Island Development through Electrification and Sustainability (TIDES) fund after securing a new grant from Convergence Blended Finance, the global network for blended finance. TIDES is a USD 100 million blended finance vehicle for the Pacific aimed at providing flexible financing to local renewable energy developers while crowding in private finance. TIDES has a strong gender equality angle and the funding from Convergence was awarded through its Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Design Funding Window. Paul Makumbe, Regional Director - Pacific, Camco, said: “We are hugely grateful to Convergence for awarding us this latest grant, which will enable us to reach financial close and launch TIDES. “TIDES represents a significant step towards addressing energy security and climate resilience in the Pacific Islands. By integrating gender equity into our investment strategy, we aim not only to provide sustainable energy solutions but also to empower women and girls, fostering economic opportunities and community resilience. Our commitment is to ensure that renewable energy projects benefit all members of the community, creating a lasting positive impact.” Convergence previously provided TIDES with a grant for early-stage support. 🔗 For more, read Convergence’s official press release here: https://lnkd.in/ePX6D8Pm #blendedfinance #renewableenergy #genderresponsive #pacific #pacificislandcountries #climateresilience

https://lnkd.in/gNmPBXZ8 #solarenergy #solar #africa #solarfinancing #solarconsultant #womenempowerment #womeninbusiness This is important because... women matter and for equitable inclusiveness in a fast-growing technology.

The energy transition needs women. And yet, around the world, women remain underrepresented in the renewable energy sector. UNDP Kazakhstan has some recommendations on how to fix that: https://lnkd.in/eHMq9mgM

Today, the GET.invest team is attending the #CleanCookingSummit in Paris, organised by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). 2.3 billion people - including nearly four in five Africans - have no choice but to cook with polluting fuels burned in open fires or inefficient stoves. Through our #FinanceAccess Advisory services, GET.invest is committed to changing this, building up companies and project developers to absorb funding and deploy #CleanCooking solutions. For this to happen, we need the type of capital that businesses require in order to grow - in particular equity, debt and grants - at the appropriate price and size. Currently, we are supporting over 30 #CleanCooking companies, representing 8% of our active portfolio. One of them is Emerging Cooking Solutions, an enterprise manufacturing clean-burning stoves and pellets made from sawdust from #Zambia's sustainable timber plantations ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dhKPPEiv For more information on the Summit, including the full agenda and the link to watch some of the sessions 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gpW6p4Jt Michael Franz Daphne Pit Rebecca Symington Daniele Guidi

🔋🇿🇦 South Africa's Presidential Climate Commission recently held a dialogue addressing the issue of gender inequality in the just energy transition. The #justtransition conversation is often dominated by concerns about how changes to industry will affect male employment. Yet women are affected too, with growing evidence that in coal communities they will be even more vulnerable to the changes wrought by South Africa’s energy transition. ✍️ Dianah Chiyangwa explains how, if managed well, South Africa’s energy transition could increase opportunities for women: https://loom.ly/5oJ2N7g  #genderinequality #southafrica #opportunityforwomen #justenergytransition #justtransition #woman #coal #energytransition

Deetken Impact Sustainable Energy (DISE) investee SOLÉCO ENERGY is an innovative, woman-led business driving an equitable renewable energy transition in the Caribbean by fostering women’s employment, leadership, and inclusion across the value chain of solar PV distributed generation projects. Driven by an innovative investment contract with IDB Invest featuring ambitious interest rate-linked gender milestones, and supported by the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries (SREP) administered by the IDB Lab, the DISE team provided hands-on technical assistance over the course of a year to directly support the team in achieving those gender milestones and enhance gender business practices in current and future projects. Soléco Energy provides the sector with an example of how to directly advance gender equity not only within its own company and owners but also with contractors, local communities of influence, and the sector at large. We are excited to share the lessons we learned and results we achieved in a new Case Study you can find at https://lnkd.in/g2hhJasb #cleanenergy #womenled #genderequity #womeninenergy #LetsChangeEnergy #CREFenergy #renewableenergy  #futureofenergy #womeninrenewables #equalityinenergy #justtransition #womenenergize #CSW68 #IWD2024 #AsambleaAnualBID #IDBAnnualMeeting #FESCaribe #FLI2024 #FLIIConnect #CREF2024 Inter-American Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Jimena Serrano, Omar Zacarías, Silvia Dangond-Gibsone, Angella Rainford, Sheldon Wynter, Sandrine Vivès-Rotger, Lauren Peters, Nuance Security & Solar Systems Limited, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Climate Investment Funds, Global Environment Facility, Calvert Impact , Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator , ASOFER - Asociación para el Fomento de Energías Renovables, Red Mujeres en Energía Renovable y Eficiencia Energética A.C. , Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Magali Lamyin, Regina Cuadra, Alexa Blain, Rachel Murphy, Ana María Martínez, Fernando Alvarado, Didier Alpizar, Javier Prats, Carl Black, 2X Global, The Global Impact Investing Network, ImpactAlpha, NextBillion.net , Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development (CAFIID), The Jamaica Observer, New Energy Events LLC, Future Energy Summit, Energía Estratégica, RMI.

As a country that largely relies on coal for their power generation needs, the #CleanEnergy transition in #Mongolia is challenging. Along with upskilling and reskilling of the existing workforce, the shift must also ensure that women, who have historically been underrepresented in the energy sector, are able to move into emerging and mainstream jobs. The USAID Mongolia Energy Governance Activity, implemented by Abt Global, recently hosted a women’s networking lunch and panel featuring sector leaders to discuss existing opportunities for women, barriers they face, and actions to take across domains – policy, finance, education - to promote a gender-just energy transition in the country. #WomenLeaders #JustEnergyTransition #GenderEquality