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<p>DFID has a substantial and growing portfolio of programmes supporting sustainable
energy in Africa.</p><p>This includes providing finance for off-grid energy systems
to reach the rural poor in Africa, technical assistance to improve African countries’
renewable energy policies, and investing in clean energy research and innovation such
as the Faraday Battery Challenge and the Ayrton Fund.</p><p>CDC, the UK’s development
finance institution, also invests in sustainable energy companies, for example in
the world’s largest pay-as-you-go solar company, Kenya’s M-Kopa Solar, as well as
Mettle Solar in South Africa, and PEG in Ghana.</p><p>The commitment that the UK will
double its spend on international climate finance to £11.6 billion by 2026 will lead
to increased UK commitment to the provision of sustainable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa.</p>
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