New from INFoCAT: supporting women and youth-led clean agritech innovations
30 April 2026
The INFoCAT project, part of Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA), explores how clean energy-powered agritech innovations can support women and youth in agriculture across West Africa.
A new report, Promoting Women and Youth-Led Clean Agritech Innovations in Africa, brings together findings from the project’s work in Ghana, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
The report highlights how clean energy technologies are being used to improve agricultural productivity, reduce labour and create new economic opportunities for young people and women. It also identifies key barriers, including access to finance, skills and policy support, which continue to limit the scale and sustainability of these innovations.
Alongside this, the project has supported a range of pilot initiatives and innovation challenges, helping to test and scale solutions such as solar-powered irrigation, processing and cooling technologies in smallholder farming contexts.
Find out more about the INFoCAT project here.
Webinar: How Small Business Can Enable a Gender-Equitable Energy Transition: Experience from the Global South
Thursday 18 June 2026
This webinar is hosted by The Group of 78. How Small Business Can Enable a Gender-Equitable Energy Transition: Experience from the Global South Thursday 18 June 2026 10:00am – 11:30am EDT (check your local time) Register to attend online The Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA) initiative, funded by the International Development […]
Smallholder farmer testing INFoCAT renewable energy powered groundnut pod plucker in Gomoa (Central Region, Ghana). Photo by UNU INRA.
Clean Energy Transitions: A Care Economy Lens
20 April 2026
How can clean energy transitions reduce energy poverty while also addressing the unequal burden of unpaid care work? This is an increasingly urgent question as the global shift to clean energy reshapes not only energy systems, but everyday life within households. Across many low- and middle-income countries, women and girls continue to shoulder a disproportionate […]
New from GENERIS: research and insights on decentralised renewable energy in Bolivia
30 April 2026
The GENERIS project, partners of Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA), explores how decentralised renewable energy can support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), local livelihoods and inclusive energy transitions in Bolivia. Recent outputs from the project highlight the role of renewable energy in productive use, gender inclusion and sustainable development, drawing […]