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Focus Areas
Shell Foundation creates and scales business solutions to poverty alleviation, concentrating its funding on access to energy in Africa and Asia, where lack of access is a major obstacle to sustainable development.
We support enterprises and institutions working to provide energy and transport products and services suitable for several use-cases:
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Household Energy
Energy to meet basic needs such as cooking, heating and lighting …
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Energy for Business
Energy to improve productivity and generate income for smallholder farmers and rural enterprises
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Off-Grid Utilities
Integrated services of power generation, management and usage at levels suitable for entire communities, in areas where national grids do not yet reach
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Sustainable Mobility
More affordable, inclusive and safer movement of people and goods in urban and rural low-income settings, with less impact on the climate
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How do we support our portfolio?
We have developed a high-touch support model to create lasting impact at scale. 75–80% of our grants support initiatives that are progressing to scale and sustainability (compared with under 20% in our early years as a conventional grant maker).
Find our more about our approach