Aug 11 2022
Press Releases
The Foundation was one of the first funders in collaboration with University of Strathclyde and Dalberg Catalyst which will serve as a climate-neutral transition model for cities around the world GLASGOW …
AUGUST 2022
NOVEMBER 2021
Nov 17 2021
Powering the Last Mile Archives - The Rockefeller Foundation
OCTOBER 2021
Oct 14 2021
Report
Energy plays a critical role in increasing productivity and improving livelihoods. However, the complex nexus between sources of electricity and how that power is used productively in rural value chains and …
Oct 07 2021
Field Note
Agriculture accounts for 40% of Ethiopia’s GDP, employing about three-quarters of the country's workforce. Three quarters of farmers are smallholders who work on farms of about 2 acres, earning $707 …
Oct 07 2021
Human Impact
Uganda has the 7th highest inland fishery production in the world: the sector supports the livelihoods of over 5.3 million Ugandans and provides direct employment to over 1.2 million people. …
Oct 06 2021
Human Impact
Nigeria has Africa’s 5th largest cattle herd, yet the country imports most of the milk it consumes – $1.3 billion worth per year. Small scale pastoralists account for 95% of …
Oct 06 2021
Powering the Last Mile Archives - The Rockefeller Foundation
SEPTEMBER 2021
Sep 30 2021
RFBreakthrough
Ending energy poverty doesn’t have to mean adding to the climate crisis. As the generation that will live with the consequences of climate inaction, young people have been at forefront of …
Sep 24 2021
#RFBreakthrough
Ending energy poverty doesn’t have to mean adding to the climate crisis. As the generation that will live with the consequences of climate inaction, young people have been at forefront of …
Sep 21 2021
Report
In “Transforming a Billion Lives: The Job Creation Potential From a Green Power Transition in the Energy-Poor World”, we estimate the job creation that would flow through tapping into the enormous growth potential of clean and distributed energies to end energy poverty to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 by 2030.