Author: Enock Bett

Rwanda has embraced the Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation (RASME) initiative, a tool that enhances project-related data collection in remote areas. It is the first East African country to do so and the seventh overall in the continent. The initiative is a partnership of the African Development Bank’s IT Department (CHIS), the World Bank’s Geo-Enabling initiative for Monitoring and Supervision, and KoBoToolbox Foundation, a non-governmental organization affiliated with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. RASME enables Bank staff, including task and sector managers, country and regional program officers, and government officials, to compile project information directly from the field, using a…

Sun King, the largest provider of solar energy products for off-grid homes in Africa and Asia, has announced that it has raised $260 million in Series D funding to deliver off-grid energy technologies to more people across the two continents. The company which was founded in 2007 by T. Patrick Walsh (CEO) and Anish Thakkar has plans to use $100 million to expand its pay-as-you-go solutions and introduce larger setups that are capable of powering appliances like refrigerators. Its current systems can power lights, mobile phones, and small home appliances like TVs. Part of the funding will be used to expand the business’…

The mobile ‘m-mama’ service developed by Vodacom Tanzania Foundation, Vodafone Foundation and the United Republic of Tanzania to provide emergency transport for pregnant and postpartum women in Tanzania, will now be scaled up to cover more than 50% of the national population across 15 regions. This follows both Foundations’ commitment to invest US$10million over six years to roll out the programme, guided by a steering committee from Tanzania’s Ministry of Health and public health delivery agency PO-RALG and is expected to transport more than 300,000 women, empower more than 1,400 community transport drivers and possibly save more than 9,000 lives.Over…