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Humphrey, thanks for joining us today.

Hey, Kwame, thanks for having me on. Really excited to be on here. Yeah, man. I'm excited to have you. I mean, it's been a while since I've actually seen you, so it's good to see your face again. How would you get us started? Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. Sure. My name is Humphrey Recru. I live in Nairobi, Kenya. I work for a company called Cross Boundary, which is a

investment firm that's really mission-driven and impact focus, and it's focused really on harnessing the power of capital to make a return and a lasting impact in frontier markets.

And so a lot of that's in Africa, but really globally, honestly.

And so what I do at cross boundaries, I'm on a team called cross boundary energy access.

So what we focus on is financing mini grids. So if you're not familiar with what mini grids are,

they are these.

They're essentially standalone electric systems that are able to bring power to communities that don't have electricity.

So I think you have a community, think about 300 houses, off the beaten path.

A mini grid company will come out there.

To build a mini grid, they'll bring solar panels.

It can be other technology, but typically solar.

So solar panels, some batteries for storage, backup generator to make sure they have 24-7 power,

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