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Financial support for climate technology startups in Africa from the private sector is growing.[qh]
私營部門對非洲氣候技術初創企業的資金支持不斷增加。[qh]
Businesses have raised more than $3.4 billion since 2019.[qh]
自2019年以來，該類企業已經籌集了超過34億美元。[qh]
However, the continent requires $277 billion each year to meet its climate goals for 2030.[qh]
然而，非洲大陸每年需要2770億美元才能實現2030年的氣候目標。[qh]
Experts say to receive more money, African countries need to deal with risks such as unexpected currency value changes.[qh]
專家表示，為了獲得更多資金，非洲國家需要應對貨幣幣值意外變化等風險。[qh]
And they say investors need to expand into different climate sectors, including flood protection, disaster management and heat management.[qh]
他們談到，投資者需要向不同的氣候領域擴張，包括防洪、災害管理和高溫管理。[qh]
Investors should also use more kinds of funding methods.[qh]
此外，還應使用更多種類的融資方式。[qh]
Africa: The Big Deal is a financial support database.[qh]
非洲：The Big Deal是一個金融支持數據庫。[qh]
It says that last year, climate tech startups on the continent raised $1.04 billion.[qh]
報告稱，去年，非洲大陸的氣候技術初創公司籌集了10.4億美元。[qh]
That is a 9 percent increase from the year before and three times what they raised in 2019.[qh]
這比前一年增長了9%，是2019年籌集的三倍。[qh]
That increase comes as overall money for startups in Africa fell last year.[qh]
這一增長正值去年非洲初創企業的整體資金下降之際。[qh]
The money climate tech startups raised last year was more than one-third of all monies raised by startups in Africa in 2023.[qh]
氣候科技初創企業去年籌集的資金占2023年非洲初創企業融資總額的三分之一以上。[qh]
It came in second to financial technology, a more established sector.[qh]
排名第二，僅次于更成熟的金融科技行業。[qh]
Venture capital is usually given to business with large risk but great long-term growth possibilities.[qh]
風險投資通常被提供給風險較大但長期增值可能性很大的企業。[qh]
Startups use it to expand into new markets and to get products and services on the market.[qh]
初創企業利用該投資來拓展新市場，并將產品和服務推向市場。[qh]
Even with the noted growth, private sector financing represented only 14 percent of all of Africa's climate finance from 2019 to 2020.[qh]
盡管出現了顯著的增長，但從2019年到2020年，私營部門融資僅占非洲所有氣候融資的14%。[qh]
That information comes from a study by Climate Policy Initiative, a finance and policy research organization.[qh]
這些信息來自金融和政策研究機構氣候政策倡議組織的一項研究。[qh]
That number is far lower than in other parts of the world.[qh]
這一數字遠遠低于世界其他地區。[qh]
In East Asia and the Pacific, for example, private sector financing represents 39 percent of climate finance.[qh]
例如，在東亞和太平洋地區，私營部門融資占氣候融資的39%。[qh]
And in Latin America and the Caribbean, it makes up 49 percent.[qh]
在拉丁美洲和加勒比海地區，這一比例為49%。[qh]
Sandy Okoth works at FSD Africa.[qh]
桑迪·奧科斯在FSD非洲公司工作。[qh]
The non-profit organization receives funding from the British government.[qh]
該非營利性組織接受英國政府的資助。[qh]
Okoth said the low financial support in Africa is linked to investors putting money in areas they are more familiar with, such as renewable energy technology.[qh]
奧科斯說，非洲的財政支持較少與投資者將資金投入他們更熟悉的領域，比如可再生能源技術有關，[qh]
Less money comes in for "more complex" technology, Okoth said.[qh]
奧克斯說，“越復雜”的技術投入的資金越少。[qh]
That includes technology for adapting to climate change, he added.[qh]
他補充說，這包括適應氣候變化的技術。[qh]
Wetility is a renewable energy startup based in South Africa.[qh]
Wetility是一家總部位于南非的可再生能源初創公司。[qh]
Last year, it secured funding of $48 million, mostly from private equity, to expand its operations.[qh]
去年，該公司獲得了4800萬美元的資金以擴大其業務，這些資金主要來自私募股權公司。[qh]
The startup provides solar panels for homes and businesses and an online service that permits users to remotely access power usage.[qh]
這家初創公司為家庭和企業提供太陽能電池板，并提供在線服務，允許用戶遠程訪問電力使用情況。[qh]
It aims to solve the problems of energy access and dependability in southern Africa.[qh]
公司旨在解決南部非洲的能源獲取和可靠性問題。[qh]
Vincent Maposa is founder and chief executive officer of Wetility.[qh]
文森特·馬普薩是Wetility的創始人兼首席執行官。[qh]
He said, "Private sector financing in African climate is still rather low." [qh]
他說：“在非洲氣候下，私營部門的融資仍然相當低。”[qh]
But he added that there is clear growth.[qh]
但他補充說，有明顯的增長。[qh]
Malis Carraro is partner at Catalyst Fund.[qh]
馬里斯·卡拉羅是Catalyst Fund的合伙人。[qh]
The Kenya-based venture capital fund supports climate adaption solutions.[qh]
總部設在肯尼亞的風險投資基金支持氣候適應解決方案。[qh]
She urged for more diverse funding, such as mixing private and public sector funding together.[qh]
她敦促提供更多樣化的資金，比如將私營部門和公共部門的資金混合在一起。[qh]
She said one aim of public financing should be to bring more private sector capital into financing climate initiatives.[qh]
她表示，公共融資的一個目標應該是讓更多的私營部門資本為氣候倡議提供資金。[qh]
She added, "We need the private sector and the public sector to work together to unlock more financing.[qh]
她補充說：“我們需要私營部門和公共部門共同努力，打開更多的融資渠道。[qh]
I'm Gregory Stachel.[qh]
我叫格雷戈里 · 斯塔切爾。[qh]
