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Kopagas Ltd. operates as a technology company which develops smart liquid petroleum gas meters. The company was founded by Francisco Sebastian Rodriguez-Sanchez and Andron Mendes and is headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Circle Gas Ltd. makes clean and convenient cooking possible for low-income households in the developing world. Circle Gas is based in London, UK. Recently, they announced an investment by Marubeni Corporation, an integrated trading and investment business conglomerate based in Japan with a public market capitalization of over $16 billion and 133 branches and offices around the world. The British company focuses on LPG and the environment, using cutting-edge pay-as-you-go technology and efficient logistics to deliver LPG as an accessible alternative to cooking with charcoal, kerosene, or wood. The private company's proprietary technology includes a smart meter that serves customers via an IoT cloud gateway and customer app that includes a payment service. The company has signed an agreement with the University of Liverpool to carry out research into the transition to clean modern energy in sub-Saharan Africa using their smart meter pay-as-you-go technology. The company was founded in 2018, and the CEO is Volker Bernd Schultz.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.