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Jacqueline Novogratz And Acumen Raise $300 Million For Off-Grid Solar In Africa [Forbes]

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And yet around the world half a billion people still live without electricity. The deprivation is most acute in sub-Saharan Africa; where according to the World Bank only 16% of people in Malawi, 22% in Burkina Faso and 36% in Sierra Leone can turn the lights on. Two years ago Jacqueline Novogratz and her venture capital firm Acumen set out to change that, launching the Hardest-to-Reach Initiative — a plan to electrify 70 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, mostly via off-grid solar power. Today Acumen announced that it has raised $300 million for this effort from a varied consortium of international investors. Backers include Green Climate Fund, IFC, Shinhan Bank, Nordic Development Fund and Soros Economic Development Fund. “To catalyze new markets that don't exist, like in Malawi, where no investors are going in — this requires philanthropically backed capital,” says Novogratz, 64, who has directed Acumen in deploying some $500 million over 24 years. Indeed, this is risky Show less Read more
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