Jun 28 2021
Press Releases
Kampala, Monday, June 28th, 2021 -Today, a coalition of global energy sector leaders launched a first-of-its-kind integrated energy pilot in Uganda. Led by Uganda’s largest power utility, Umeme, coordinated by …
JUNE 2021
APRIL 2021
Apr 28 2021
Press Releases
Supported projects will produce text and speech datasets for natural language processing (NLP) technologies that will have significant downstream impacts on education, financial inclusion, healthcare, agriculture, communication, and disaster response …
Apr 22 2021
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Africa
The climate crisis is the world’s greatest existential threat − but the race to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve global net zero is often perceived as at odds with the …
Apr 22 2021
Press Releases
NEW YORK | April 22, 2021 – The Rockefeller Foundation has today pledged USD$1.5 million to a new global initiative which will support developing countries transitioning towards clean energy. Recently …
MARCH 2021
Mar 30 2021
Press Releases
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo), Lusaka (Zambia), New York, NY (USA) - 30th March 2021— In order to combat the spread of misinformation …
Mar 25 2021
Blueprint
By shutting down energy poverty, Africa can power up job growth.
Mar 12 2021
North Africa Archives - The Rockefeller Foundation
FEBRUARY 2021
Feb 03 2021
Press Releases
Part of Foundation’s Billion-Dollar Global Commitment to Ending the Pandemic and Providing Sustainable Pathways out of Poverty NAIROBI | February 3, 2021 – The Rockefeller Foundation announces an initial USD 34.95 million …
JANUARY 2021
Jan 28 2021
Press Releases
NAIROBI, KENYA, 28 JANUARY 2021—The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grant of US$12 million to the Africa Public Health Foundation to help expand the geographic coverage of testing and …
Jan 13 2021
Press Releases
Agricultural AI projects across Africa receive funding to produce labeled training datasets for machine learning that will help alleviate food security challenges, spur economic opportunities, and give researchers, farmers, communities, …