Stanford Social Innovation

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In our project, for example, this was crucial when conducting research in Benin and Ghana as Europeans, given that West Africa has been especially impacted by the Atlantic slave trade whose consequences continue to shape the region to this day. In Benin, for example, we focused on sustainable entrepreneurship.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 27, 2022

Launch of the Benin Sustainable Development Report ( Interprétation en français lors de l’évènement ) Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 Time: 7:30 to 09:00 a.m. EST) / 13:30 - 15:00 (CEST) Place: Online >>> View the recording of the event on our YouTube channel.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 6, 2023

Benin Sustainable Development Report Host: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Benin Date: TBD Time: TBD Location: TBD Registration details to be posted pending side event confirmations from UN DESA Launch of the Benin Sustainable Development Report: on the performance and progress towards the SDGs, and a focus on human development.

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 18, 2023

In a poly-crisis context (consequences of COVID-19, geopolitical instabilities, and climate crises) where the world is no longer making progress on the SDGs (Sachs et al, 2023), Benin faces the challenge of pursuing its economic and social development and “leaving no one behind".

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Press Release: The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) releases its first pilot baseline report on SDG policies, progress and trends in Benin. Benin is the first African country to benefit from a detailed analysis by the Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN). out of 100 for all 17 SDGs.

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Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Trainings in the West African nation are helping farmers use drought-tolerant varieties, but financial support is lacking.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 2, 2022

Some countries, such as Benin and Nigeria, for example, have large gaps in their SDG Index yet also earn relatively high scores for their policy efforts. Interestingly, Benin and Mexico have both issued SDG Sovereign Bonds in recent years to scale up their sustainable development investments.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2023

The report spotlighted the issuance of bonds by Tanzanian and Togolese banks to finance access to ‘essential services’ and ‘affordable infrastructure ’ use of proceeds that correspond with SDGs, including SDG 1 ( n o p overty) , and SDG 7 ( a ffordable and c lean e nergy ).

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Over 400 people attended the opening ceremony, while the technical sessions counted on the participation of 180 persons from academia, research centers, government, the private sector, NGOs, and civil societies from Ghana, Colombia, Italy, Cameroun, the Netherlands, India, Rwanda, Benin and Nigeria.

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Stanford Social Innovation

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By Wouter Vandersypen , Chris Claes & Steven Serneels Imagine being in charge of a profitable vegetable cooperative in Benin. You know the cooperative can increase its income and improve its resilience if most of this year’s profit is set aside for investing in new hardware. You also know that your members are very poor.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 22, 2022

New flagship instruments were also developed to monitor SDG performance in the Arab region , Benin , Brazil and Malaysia. This year’s report was published as a special edition in support of the first EU wide Voluntary Review to be presented at the UN in July 2023.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 21, 2023

There is significant variation across countries, with some developing and emerging economies - including Benin, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Senegal – showing quite remarkable commitment for the SDGs.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 1, 2022

million committed to deepening partnerships across West Africa in Ghana, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Togo. The United States committed $138 million to support human capital development in the areas of health, education, climate, and peacebuilding and $32.5

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 1, 2022

Notably because in some cases, such as that of Benin , issuances are accompanied by "greenium" (a lower interest rate compared to "classic" government treasury bonds) and a long maturity (12.5 The authors of SDR22 propose a five-part plan for financing the SDGs globally. On financing, the creation of sovereign SDG bonds is really good news.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Moderated by Guillaume Lafortune , Vice President and Head of the Paris Office at SDSN, the panel featured a keynote by Abdoulaye Bio Tchane , Senior Minister in Charge of Development and Coordination of Government Action for the Government of Benin, as well as Obid Khakimov , Director at the Center for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR); Simona (..)

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CleanTechnica

APRIL 20, 2024

Spiro now has over 13,000 electric motorbikes and 40,000 swappable batteries in operation across Benin, Togo, Rwanda, and Kenya. Spiro has the largest fleet of electric motorcycles on the roads in Africa. Spiro says, to date, riders have collectively driven almost quarter of a billion kilometers.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Spiro, a leading electric motorbike manufacturer and clean energy provider in Africa, has so far deployed over 9200 electric motorbikes across Benin, Togo, and Rwanda.

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CleanTechnica

MAY 19, 2023

Solar plus agriculture has been one of my kicks lately. It’s a combo made in heaven, and we should see much more of it in the coming decade. I recently conducted a whole podcast on the topic that, if you haven’t listened to it yet, I highly recommend: We’ve got more news on the solar […]

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CleanTechnica

MAY 5, 2023

The motorcycle sector in Africa is one of the largest vehicle segments on the continent. There are over 27 million ICE motorbikes registered across Africa, with around 80% of them used in the motorcycle taxi industry.

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