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Africa Go Green Fund Signs an $18 Million Senior Debt Facility with Cold Solutions Kazi Limited
Agriculture remains the backbone of Uganda’s economy, yet growth in the sector is consistently held back by inadequate post-harvest handling and the absence of temperature-controlled storage infrastructure.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Google Drives AI to Boost Agriculture, Enrich Cultural Data in India
Google unveiled its new Agricultural Monitoring & Event Detection API, offering field‑level crop insights updated fortnightly, and launched the Amplify Initiative to build hyperlocal datasets across Indic languages.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Airtel Money and TCDC Partner to Launch Digital Finance Drive for Tanzanian Farmers
Beyond direct payments, the partnership will facilitate access to affordable smartphones, offering a gateway to the digital economy for many who were previously underserved.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: BlueGreen Water Technologies Partners with Winrock International to Combat Harmful Algal Blooms Across the Globe
The partnership will leverage Winrock's deep experience in agricultural systems and nature-based solutions to optimize watershed management strategies.
- Categories
- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- human rights, partnerships, scale, water
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Ola Krutrim Acquires AI Platform Bharatsah’Ai’Yak
With this acquisition, Ola Krutrim plans to integrate BharatSah’AI’yak into its LLMs, cloud infrastructure, and agentic platform Kruti.
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- Agriculture, Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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EU-Funded AgriFI Backs Ghana’s Complete Farmer with $2.5 Million Investment to Empower Smallholder Farmers
This funding, channeled through the EDFI Management Company, aims to bolster the company’s expansion strategy and facilitate the development of agricultural infrastructure in northern Ghana.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CLASP and GEAPP Expand Access to Affordable, Energy-efficient Appliances in Africa
CLASP and GEAPP scale up their innovative financing program to support more African businesses and farmers with affordable, energy-efficient appliances.
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- Agriculture, Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Blue Earth Commits $30 Million to Agricultural Commodities Firm
Valency International operates large-scale commodity processing facilities across four countries in Africa and Asia.
- Categories
- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
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