In a statement, the Portuguese Energy Sector company announced that the total financing of one million euros, guaranteed by the A2E Fund (Access to Energy), will have a "direct impact on priority areas such as health, agriculture, education or access to drinking water In these geographies, involving more than one million direct and indirect beneficiaries. "
Among the selected projects is a solar 'bags' system that provides energy for maternity hospitals, micro networks to supply clinical stations and other innovative solar energy systems that feed agricultural production or refrigeration chambers in local markets, the EDP note goes on to be continued to continue.
The fund, which is already in the fourth edition, has already made a total of 2.5 million euros to support 29 projects in seven African countries: Angola, Maláui, Mozambique, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.
These projects "contributed to improving the lives of over 100,000 people and, indirectly, over a million," the company says.
