by Elva Montelongo -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: TASC Borrows $3.5m from Spark+ Africa to Fund 90k Cookstoves, Reduce Carbon Emissions in Rural Zambia

Spark+ Africa Fund, a partnership of Switzerland-based Enabling Qapital and the Dutch NGO Stichting Modern Cooking (SMC), recently lent USD 3.5 million to The African Stove Company (TASC), which is based in Jersey, to sell 90,000 cookstoves in rural Zambia. Spark+ Africa raised the funds from the sale of “several million tons

by Renata Samadova -

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Grow to Zero Conference; June 26-27, 2023; London, UK

Themed “Catalysing Finance for Impact,” this event will cover ways of leveraging blended finance, carbon markets and digitisation to enable transition to net-zero emissions and other forms of sustainable development. The agenda features sessions such as: (1) Challenges to 2030: How to Finance