Sep
02
MicroEnergy Credits was mentioned in Climate Wire today in a fascinating article by Lisa Friedman about the challenges of low-carbon investment in developing countries:
“April Allderdice, an adviser to Grameen Shakti and president of MicroEnergy Credits in Seattle, said the influx of renewable energy in a country where 70 percent of the population has no access [...]
Jun
05
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 [...]
May
17
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 [...]
May
04
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 [...]
Apr
20
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 [...]
