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Odyssey: How digital financing is enabling the epic journey to universal energy access

Digitisation can streamline every stage of Distributed Renewable Energy deployment, from project origination to results verification. Through its innovative digital platform, Odyssey Energy Solutions demonstrates this potential at scale: it helps unlock finance, accelerate project development and transparently demonstrate impact,

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People
Technology

Reaching last mile markets together

The Global Distributors Collective (GDC) unites and empowers the unsung heroes of development: last mile distributors. These are organisations that bring solar lanterns, clean cookstoves, water filters, nutritional products and other essential items to the hard-to-reach and low-income communities that mainstream markets overlook.

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People
Technology
Man charging portable batteries in MOPO rental hub in Nigeria

Bringing power to people, one charge at a time

After developing a battery rental service that replaces fossil fuel with solar-generated power, MOPO received TEA support to validate its technology, and enter new markets. MOPO has now passed 28 million battery rentals across sub-Saharan Africa and raised more than £21 million in further investment.

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The catalytic impact of grant funding to stimulate wider investment

Securing sufficient finance for energy access projects in Africa has been a real challenge, but TEA partners are demonstrating how grant funding, coupled with commercialisation and incubation support can be a catalyst to stimulate wider investment.