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Driving resilience: financing energy for food and water

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recognizes energy, food and water as essentials for human well-being, sustainable development and poverty reduction. Projections show that the demand for energy, food and fresh water will increase significantly over the next decade. The expected increase in demand is likely to be influenced by economic development,

How to use finance as a sustainability advocate

While the COVID-19 pandemic has turned our personal and business lives upside down, we cannot ignore the silver linings that have emerged – perhaps none greater than a renewed sense of collective responsibility and urgency in taking on climate change. Big and small companies are creating meaningful financial sustainability incentives with most of them adopting

Impact investors steering towards renewable energy investments in Africa

The growing concern for the environment, climate change and its destructive consequences, combined with advancements in technology, have led to the rise in demand for alternative energy resources. Due to this, renewable energy investment is no longer just an idea or a far fetched dream. Instead it is now being considered a profitable avenue and

The grave need for banks, private sectors to acknowledge harmful climate impact

For a long time, banks and private sectors have resisted acknowledging their harmful climate impact but preferred focusing almost entirely on climate risk. The current wave of “net-zero 2050” commitments however presents a tacit acknowledgement by banks that they too are major emitters and need to zero their financed emissions by 2050 at the latest.

Impact investing plants seeds of growth for farmers

When nutritionist and entrepreneur, Elizabeth Mwenda, reflects on the growth of Botanic Treasures, a health and wellness company dealing with value addition of specialty foods, she gives her early investors credit for a critical quality: patience. “In agriculture, we might wish to create an organisation that has legs, that has long-term impact for the industry

KCV invests in Agriflora Solutions for impact in sustainable food and agriculture

Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV) has invested in an agribusiness startup company, Agriflora Solutions, to help the company accelerate the transition to sustainable food and agricultural system. The company based in Nyahururu-Kenya uses fully decomposed animal and plant waste to process organic fertilizers with the aim of providing their clients with quality products in a safe,

KCV: Elevating small scale enterprises through impact investing

Small scale enterprises are one of the key drivers of economic growth vital to most economies. They contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), create employment opportunities, aid in industrial development, help promote sustainability and satisfy local demand for services just to mention a few. Unfortunately, most startups and early stage enterprises in Kenya find

Financing green sectors: An opportunity for investors to yield healthy returns

Although there is an urgent need for innovation and investment on large scale to help sustain the economic growth of the green industrial revolution, financing of green sectors has presented a great opportunity for investors to reap significant positive returns. In a report by International Finance Corporation (IFC) Climate Investment Opportunities in Emerging Markets, the

Robotic technological systems set to make agriculture more sustainable

For a very long-time agriculture has depended on disruptive innovations to make big strides. Today, innovators continue to innovate more technologies such as robotics that are likely to disrupt the status quo and create immense benefit to farmers and consumers. Robotic agricultural systems such as drones, self-driving tractors, fruit-picking robots and smart sensors are set

AgTech trends that are shaping the future of agriculture globally

Over the past years, the agricultural sector has been evolving tremendously in regards to increased automation, increased productivity rates,  as well as increased use/better quality fertilizers and seedlings  leading to more efficient cultivation of land.  With technology at the center of it all, the agricultural sector is slowly finding ways to incorporate technology into its