WeLight raises €19 million to electrify 120 villages in Madagascar
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16/01/2023 at 15h59, by Africa Business+
The subsidiary of the pan-African group Axian, the Norwegian sovereign development bank Norfund and the French company Sagemcom is preparing to move up a gear after electrifying 40 Malagasy villages across eight regions.
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