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Inspired Evolution has signed off on a deal to invest up to US$36 million in Alten RE Developments Africa, the Sub-Saharan African subsidiary of Alten Energías Renovables.

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has invested in Starsight Power Utility, a Nigeria-based energy services company providing solar-diesel-battery hybrid and efficient cooling and lighting solutions to its commercial and industrial clients.

Solarcentury is constructing a 2.35MWp solar project for a Tulip Cocoa Processing (TPC) chocolate factory in Nigeria, North East of Lagos.

Wärtsilä has been awarded the EPC contract for what will be the largest PV project in Nigeria.

Green bond issuance in 2017 has surpassed the US$100 billion milestone, marking a new record, according to Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) data.

EPC firm SOVENTIX and Nigerian renewable energy company Gentec announced that they have formed a joint venture to expand solar energy in Nigeria.

Emerging market project developer, owner and operator Access Power has announced the shortlist of winners for financing under its Access Co-Development Facility (ACF) fund, with solar forming the largest share of projects.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is continuing its mission of funding priority development projects in emerging economies, this time by signing two grants that leverage US technology and investment to increase access to affordable, reliable electricity in Kenya.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is backing the development of a 100MW solar plant in Kano State, Nigeria.

A 50MW grid-tied solar PV plant in Nigeria’s Kaduna state has been selected as one of the winners for financing under Access Power’s Access Co-Development Facility (ACF) fund – the first crowdsourcing origination platform of its kind that provides funding to local developers.