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COP28: Next-generation clean cooking solutions event panelist. Joel Sheakoski for MCFA

04.12.2023 | News The Modern Cooking Facility for Africa welcomes Norway as a new contributor At the COP28 meeting in Dubai, Norway announced that it is joining the Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA) as a new donor to support the programme’s continued expansion and the development of clean cooking markets in seven Sub-Saharan African countries. The initial Norwegian contribution will be NOK 200 million.

Modern Cooking Facility for Africa - Woman in Zambia using a clean cookstove

29.11.2023 | News The new EUR 16 million funding round for clean cooking companies in Sub-Saharan Africa opens today

Nefco at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

28.11.2023 | News Nefco at COP28: Financing for innovative climate solutions

Photo: A woman using a Supamoto cookstove in Zambia – Emerging Cooking Solutions Zambia

23.11.2023 | News New portfolio company in Zambia scaling up access to clean cooking solutions

Flowers in nature. Photo: The Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers, norden.org

16.11.2023 | News Nefco’s biodiversity pilot programme yields promising results and accelerates concrete action with SMEs

Case stories

09.11.2023 | Case stories Norsepower reduces shipping industry emissions with rotor sails The Finnish cleantech and engineering company offers a solution to the shipping industry to reduce CO2 emissions by 5–25% or even more. A loan from Nefco helped Norsepower grow in Asian markets and secure further funding.

07.11.2023 | Case stories Thermal modernisation signals a green transformation for social facilities in Chernivtsi

Manna Insect containers in Kenya. Photo: Manna Insect

18.10.2023 | Case stories Circular economy solution based on insects brings triple benefit for agriculture

School after project. Photo: the Department of Organizational Work, Information and Public Relations, Kivertsi City Council

12.10.2023 | Case stories An energy efficiency project offers students of Susk lyceum a safer, greener future

Torbjörn Bäck, CEO of Coloreel

10.10.2023 | Case stories Coloreel’s vision for sustainable fashion goes global with Nefco funding

Events

Modern Cooking Facility for Africa - Woman in Zambia using a clean cookstove

Modern Cooking Facility for Africa Call for Proposals The second MCFA funding round support access to and scale-up of high-technology clean cooking solutions in seven Sub-Saharan African countries. Apply by 31 January 2024.

COP28: Accelerating the energy transition with Article 6 carbon markets A robust and efficient Article 6 carbon market offers tools to mobilise public and private finance for climate action. This high-level session explores the potential of Article 6 and carbon finance, along with evidence of progress on the ground to support the energy transition.

Green tram in Helsinki, Finland.

Rahoitusmahdollisuuksia yrityksille vihreään siirtymään ja kestävään kehitykseen Webinaari vihreän siirtymän rahoitusmahdollisuuksista. Järjestäjinä Suomen alueelliset kauppakamarit, Enterprise Europe Network ja Business Finland.

Publications

07.11.2023 Energy-efficiency modernisations in Chernivtsi, Ukraine – Fact sheet

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28.09.2023 Fast-track loan financing – Fact sheet

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11.08.2023 Nopef – Fact sheet

Cover Fact sheet Nefco Company August 2023

01.08.2023 Nefco company profile

03.05.2023 Nopef Annual Review 2022

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