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African Clean Energy

African Clean Energy (ACE) produces solar biomass energy stoves in Lesotho that provides clean cooking with a range of biomass fuels as well as offer solar electricity for mobile phone charging and LED lighting. ACE also helps arrange financing for the stove users through crowdfunding.

Basix, India

BASIX is a livelihood promotion institution that works with rural poor and urban slum dwellers in India to promote sustainable livelihoods by providing financial services and technical assistance in an integrated manner.

IFMR Holdings – Rural financial inclusion

IFMR Holdings is a family of companies in India that delivers financial services to the low-income population through its various portfolio companies. IFMR Rural Channels offers savings solutions in remote rural villages. IFMR Capital provides financing for financial inclusion intermediaries to help finance homes, automobiles, small businesses, and more.

M-Kopa Solar – Digital Payments

M-Kopa Solar enables affordable solar power for homes in Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda based on a pay-as-you-go model with payments via M-Pesa mobile-money platform. In February 2016, it was recognized as the Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets at the Global Mobile Awards.

FINO PayTech – Rural distribution and last mile connectivity

FINO PayTech (FINO) in India deploys field agents to enroll consumers in rural and semi-urban regions of India and conducts low-cost electronic transactions leveraging the biometric digital identity platform for saving accounts and funds transfers, point of sale terminals, and accounting and management information systems. It is also a financial literacy partner for various national and international agencies.

WorldCover – Insurance

WorldCover is a crop insurance marketplace platform that connects smallholder farmers in Ghana to investors. It protects farmers from natural disasters (90% have no access to crop insurance) while giving investors diversified returns and direct social impact.