{"id":10414,"date":"2026-01-22T11:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shellfoundation.staging.hexdigital.com\/?page_id=10414"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:56:34","slug":"about-shellfoundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shellfoundation.staging.hexdigital.com\/about-shellfoundation\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Raising incomes while lowering emissions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

We ground our work in the needs of people earning less than a net living wage<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Playing a pivotal role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since our inception 25 years ago, Shell Foundation has worked towards alleviating poverty in Africa and Asia. We have played a critical role in advancing the energy access sector to tackle this issue. We are now on a mission to be at the heart of scaling it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our objective is to enable tens of millions of people to raise their incomes while lowering emissions by 2032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We achieve this goal by fostering innovation and scaling technologies that increase incomes for three core people:<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Smallholder farmers<\/div>\n \n

Those moving from subsistence to commercial farming on <5 acres land, who can achieve a living income when they can produce efficiently and get produce to market in good condition.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n

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Transporters<\/div>\n \n

Movers of people and goods who aspire to transition from diesel or petrol to electric vehicles. Incomes can increase by as much as 35% by shifting from ICE to EV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n

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Micro-entrepreneurs<\/div>\n \n

Urban, peri-urban and rural micro-enterprise owners engaged in the small-scale provision of goods and services. Reliable power can contribute to longer opening hours, lower costs, with net income increase potential of up to 50%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n

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What we do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We connect global investors from across the public and private sectors with world-class businesses and innovative technology to catalyse local entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n

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