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Why We Invested: Altech Group

by Nithio | Nov 19, 2024 | Borrow, Nithio News

Nithio’s Investment and Impact Nithio is proud to announce its investment in Altech Group, a leading provider of solar energy products and clean cookstoves in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Altech is committed to ending energy poverty by 2030,...

Nithio’s Climate Vulnerability Index: Understanding Drought Risk to Inform Tailored Financing

by g.fenton | Mar 15, 2024 | Nithio News

There is an urgent need to invest in solutions that build climate resilience across Africa as the continent experiences the rapidly accelerating impacts of climate change. For example, over 61 million people (28%) in Northern Nigeria and 6 million people (12%)...

Nithio Introduces FAIR: New Name, Same Mission

by g.fenton | Nov 22, 2023 | Nithio News

As Nithio grows and expands its offerings in the climate finance sector, we have updated the name of our lending vehicle, previously Nithio FI, to provide clarity and stay true to Nithio’s values and mission for our lending impact. FAIR, the Facility for...

Nithio’s Innovative Gender Lens Financing – Incentivizing Borrowers to Expand Equitable Energy Access

by g.fenton | Sep 13, 2023 | Nithio News

Energy access is strongly correlated with economic development. Moreover, there are clear gender-related benefits of energy access, including improving women’s quality of life, health, safety, livelihoods, and economic mobility. However, Nithio has found that ~76% of...

Nithio’s SOLAR (“Servicer of Last Resort”) Solution

by g.fenton | Aug 1, 2023 | Nithio News

What happens when solar home system or solar productive use distributors fail? It’s a tough, low-margin business and some failures are unfortunately inevitable, but customers shouldn’t be left without power and their payments on the systems continue to hold...

Productive Use Appliances – A Key Piece to the Just Energy Transition

by g.fenton | Apr 27, 2023 | Nithio News

Recent data from the World Bank shows that only three countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, Ghana, and Rwanda, are on track to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030. But universal access is just the beginning. At a minimum households need basic access to...

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Why We Invested: Altech Group

Nithio’s Climate Vulnerability Index: Understanding Drought Risk to Inform Tailored Financing

Nithio Introduces FAIR: New Name, Same Mission

Nithio’s Innovative Gender Lens Financing – Incentivizing Borrowers to Expand Equitable Energy Access

Nithio’s SOLAR (“Servicer of Last Resort”) Solution

Productive Use Appliances – A Key Piece to the Just Energy Transition

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