Nexleaf’s StoveTrace platform, in collaboration with Vodafone M-Pesa, has enabled 22 women in rural India to begin receiving climate credits: payments made directly to women’s mobile phones every month in exchange for their climate stewardship. The purpose of this new program is to allow rural women to afford and to use the cleanest cooking technologies. […]
Based on work developed in partnership with Project Surya, Nexleaf published a chapter in the book Broken Pumps and Promises available at Springer.com. Co-authored by Tara Ramanathan, Nithya Ramanathan, and Erin Ross, Chapter 11 “Innovations in Payments for Health Benefits of Improved Cookstoves” discusses how results-based financing for improved cookstove usage financially empowers women in rural communities.
A new report from ITU and Cisco identifies the Internet of Things (IoT) as a major global development opportunity that has the potential to improve the lives of millions and dramatically accelerate progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Nexleaf’s ColdTrace vaccine monitoring system is featured as an innovative application of IoT to monitor and […]
