Investors roll up their sleeves for Climate Week NYC + ‘Batteries as a service’ as an alternative to diesel

<p>Host <strong>Brian Walsh </strong>takes up <em>ImpactAlpha’s </em>top stories with editor <strong>Jessica Pothering</strong>. <em>Up this week: </em>Ahead of New York Climate Week, why <a href="https://impactalpha.com/investors-get-down-to-business-as-climate-week-returns-to-new-york/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">investors are getting down to business</a>, even as AI sucks up the oxygen (and the capital) in the room; why <a href="https://impactalpha.com/pension-funds-in-africa-dip-into-alternatives-to-create-jobs-and-growth-locally/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">African pension funds</a> — sitting on $600 billion in assets — are starting to dip into private equity and private debt to fund small businesses back home; and, with <a href="https://impactalpha.com/with-batteries-as-a-service-bpowerd-aims-to-distribute-power-in-africa-2/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">batteries as a service</a>, how gas stations in Nigeria and South Africa are becoming an unlikely source of power for small businesses.</p>