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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88846, member: 27"]
IFC just dropped 45 million dollars to swap diesel for solar at thousands of telecom towers so remote African communities finally stay online without blackouts.

IPT PowerTech expansion
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[*]IFC backed IPT PowerTech with a 45-million-dollar corporate financing package.
[*]The cash modernizes 2235 telecom sites across Ethiopia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
[*]Over ninety percent of those sites sit in off-grid or weak grid zones.
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Energy shift
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[*]New solar and battery setups cut outages while slashing diesel use sharply.
[*]Power costs drop up to fifty-two percent in Ethiopia, twenty-six percent in Sierra Leone, and thirty percent in Liberia.
[*]Annual emissions fall by more than ten thousand six hundred twenty-four tCO₂e.
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Broader wins
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[*]Households, schools, health centers, and small businesses gain steadier mobile service.
[*]The project opens technical leadership roles for women in the sector.
[*]It marks IFC's first direct infrastructure deal in Liberia in a decade and Sierra Leone in six years.
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