Author Archives: James Dailey

Jun 05

Incremental Software Development Key To Success

One of the challenges as the CTO of Micro Energy Credits is building from the ground up with minimal resources. This is a challenge nearly all start ups face, but is perhaps even more pronounced in this phase of development.
Each decision to invest in a software development effort starts with the question, can we find [...]

Posted by James Dailey on June 5, 2008 at 10:54 pm Comments Off
May 17

Finca Uganda becomes first MFI in Uganda to receive carbon revenues

Finca Uganda, a microfinance institution with over 40,000 clients, and part of the global FINCA Network became MEC’s first MFI partner in May. FINCA has been an amazing partner for us combining an incredibly innovative and forward looking team at the headquarters level and impressively capable and committed leadership and project management at the MFI [...]

Posted by James Dailey on May 17, 2008 at 10:55 pm Comments Off
May 04

MicroEnergy Credits launches at the Lighting Africa Conference

MicroEnergy Credits launched in May at two conferences in Africa. The first was the Lighting Africa Conference in Accra, Ghana. MEC and EcoSecurities presented jointly in the vendor’s hall. In the picture I am standing next to Aaron Senanu, the charismatic and dynamic project manager for Africa at EcoSecurities. Since the beginning the whole team [...]

Posted by James Dailey on May 4, 2008 at 10:56 pm Comments Off
Apr 20

About MicroEnergy Credits

MicroEnergy Credits (MEC) is a social enterprise that enables Microfinance Institutions to receive revenues from the Carbon Markets when they lend for clean energy technologies such as improved cookstoves, solar home systems and biogas digesters. MEC was incorporated in 2007, and launched in May of 2008 after winning first place in the Global Social Venture [...]

Posted by James Dailey on April 20, 2008 at 10:57 pm Comments Off
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