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AXA IM Alts Leads New Investment Round in Sanergy’s Africa and Asia Expansion
With AXA IM Alts’s support, Sanergy would be well-positioned to scale its operations in Kenya and across the region.
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- Agriculture, Environment, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- innovation, recycling
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Rwanda Receives Over USD $3 Million to Support Smallholder Farmers
The Government of New Zealand has committed NZD 6.8 million (over Rwf4.8 billion) to support smallholder farmers across Africa, with NZD 4.2 million (about Rwf3 billion) committed to Rwanda from 2020-2023.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- scale, smallholder farmers
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Donors Back Tech Over Aid to Feed Hungry World
Food donors want to deliver cutting-edge technology to poor farmers in place of aid in a bid to cut waste, preserve precious land - and make themselves redundant.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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- blockchain, e-commerce
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Minigrids and Cold Storage Are a Match Made in Sustainable Development Heaven – So What’s Keeping Them Apart?
The minigrid sector faces a dilemma: Most rural customers need electricity in the evenings, yet most minigrids generate their power during the day. This requires them to store unused power in expensive batteries, complement their solar power with diesel generators, or reduce production. As Seth Silverman and Tom Chaplin at Factor[e] Ventures explain, cold storage providers could offer minigrids reliable demand for their surplus power – yet these partnerships aren't happening. They explore the obstacles, and some potential solutions.
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- Agriculture, Energy
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Analysis: Climate Crisis Is Foundation of Indian Farmers’ Protests
The current protests by Indian farmers against the passage of three laws have deep roots in income insecurity, which is driven by changing rainfall patterns and incentives that promote the overuse of water.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- climate change, governance
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Press Release: TLcom Leads $6 Million Series A in African InsureTech Platform, Pula
Nairobi, Kenya. 25 January 2021. Pula, an African InsureTech service provider startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a $6mn Series A fundraise. The Series A fund was led by TLcom Capital, with the participation of Women’s World Banking. The new investment will be used to scale up operations in the company’s existing 13 markets across Africa. Currently, Pula has impacted over 4.3mn farmers on the continent and the new funding will also help propel its expansion into Asia to power resilience and profitability for Asian smallholder farmers.
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- Wimbart
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Agritech Startup Dehaat Raises $30 Million Led by Prosus Ventures
Dehaat, an agritech startup, which connects small farmers with a network of small suppliers of farm input and equipment, has raised $30 million in Series C funding, led by Prosus Ventures (formerly Naspers Ventures).
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- startups
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Analysis: Rwanda: Small Batches of Rwandan Coffee Pack Big Punch in World Market
The way they 'punch above their weight' is to ensure that they export high quality coffee, while remaining united through their cooperative movements, according to Angelique Karekezi, the managing director at the Rwanda Small Holder Specialty Coffee Company (RWASHOSCCO).
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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