Off-grid solar provider d.light and impact investor African Frontier Capital partner on new financing to support consumer loans for solar and high efficiency appliances in East Africa
Category: Tanzania News
Tanzania News
Atlas Network Names Three Finalists for 2024 Africa Liberty Award
From Burundi to Tanzania and Uganda, Africa’s freedom champions are improving the lives of millions of people
Tanzania loses sunflower industry boost for 2024 on stalled seed subsidy scheme
Tanzania’s drive to industrialize its sunflower sector has stumbled for the 2023/2024 growing season on a deal to bulk-source high-yield seeds for the country’s one million sunflower farmers.
d.light closes USD$125M funding through a securitization facility to meet growing demand for off-grid solar products in Tanzania
d.light, the global provider of transformational household products and affordable finance for low-income households, today announced a $30 million securitization facility has been successfully secured from the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group), with the capability to purchase up to $125 million of receivable assets.
The impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area on the continent’s mining sector
By Virusha Subban, Partner specialising in Customs and Trade, and Head of Tax, Baker McKenzie, Johannesburg Africa is the world’s top producer of numerous critical […]
Africa: Energy transition policies and regulatory developments light up across the continent
Across the continent, countries in Africa are gearing up for the energy transition by implementing policy and legislative frameworks that take into account the energy […]
Tanzanian startups nominated for TAW final in Ethiopia
The TAW (Tech African Women) program, launched by the UNECA (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa) in partnership with Betacube, closed its 3-day Tanzanian bootcamp […]
Indirect tax developments in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Jana Botha, VAT Consultant, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg There have been significant developments in indirect tax within Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the past year. The […]
DW Akademie Film Development Fund – Tanzania and Uganda – Applications Open
Promoting film production in the Global South From September 14, 2021, filmmakers from Tanzania and Uganda are invited to apply for film development funding and […]
Solar Cow- a Samaritan for the Children in Need
The relief of indigence is the primary goal in bringing about a positive change in the lifestyles of children in Africa. To this day, 1 […]