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Nordic DFIs double down on off-grid projects despite corona uncertainty

Nordic DFIs are expanding their investments in off-grid projects despite supply problems and falling sales during the past year. Norfund has put USD 10 million in growing the home solar systems market in Kenya. Finnfund has approved three new investments, and Danish IFU and Swedfund are also active in the sector.

Business March 22, 2021

Bold investment by Norfund supports expansion of Kenyan solar home system retailer

A USD 15 million loan from Norway’s DFI Norfund aims to help the Kenyan solar home system retailer d.light...

Business March 22, 2021

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Global Health Ambassador explains why Norway turned down offer to buy 700,000 doses of corona vaccine

The decision to transfer options for buying COVID19 vaccines intended for use in Norway over to developing...

News March 15, 2021

Ulstein’s misstep on vaccine sharing may haunt him at home

Norway’s Development Minister Dag-Inge Ulstein has been a tireless advocate for global vaccine equity...

Opinion Editorial March 22, 2021

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Norway has donated almost 700,000 corona vaccine doses to poorer nations

Norwegian authorities confirm to Development Today that Norway has given away 677,000 doses of COVID19...

News March 11, 2021

Nordic church groups: The only way out of the pandemic is equitable distribution of vaccines

More than 80 per cent of people in Norway, Sweden and Denmark think it is unacceptable for rich countries...

Opinion March 22, 2021

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Three Nordic donors have stopped aid to government in Myanmar, Finland weighs its options

Three Nordics have terminated their development aid to state institutions in Myanmar after the military...

News February 22, 2021

Swedfund rolls back half its corona losses, but outlook is still grim

Companies in Swedfund’s portfolio have managed the corona crisis better than feared. The aid-funded investor...

Business March 09, 2021

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No result-based climate payments by Norway to tropical forest countries in 2020

For the first time in 12 years, the multi-billion-dollar Norwegian rainforest initiative made no payments...

News March 05, 2021

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New Swedish minister calls for three-track aid response to COVID crisis

The Swedish Development Minister Per Olsson Fridh (Green) calls for a holistic response to the COVID19...

News February 27, 2021

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