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Membership-Driven E-Commerce Platform for Essential Goods Cosmart Raises US $5 Million
Cosmart has already partnered with over 80+ principals and 500+ brands and has delivered over 100,000 products in Indonesia
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- South Asia
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U GRO Capital Raises $5 Million in Partnership With Enabling Qapital in India
U GRO Capital, a listed entity that operates a Fintech lending platform for MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises).
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Equity Bank Avails $6 Billion Fund to Boost Business Recovery Across Africa
Equity Bank Rwanda Plc has called on businesses to take advantage of the $6 billion fund available to support recovery and post Covid-19 resilience.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Microsoft, African Development Bank Partner to Promote Youth Entrepreneurship
Through a public-private partnership model, the alliance aims to assist the creation of national institutions that will scale up financial and technical support for young entrepreneurs.
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- Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Untapped Opportunity in African Healthcare: How to Establish a Stronger Private Sector by Giving Doctors a Voice
Africa has around 16% of the world’s population but accounts for around 23% of the global disease burden – and according to Mark Wien at PocketPatientMD, the private sector should be well-placed to address the continent's growing healthcare challenges. But across the region, for-profit providers are dealing with several obstacles that are hindering their growth. He explores the key challenges these providers – and the broader private healthcare sector – are facing, and discusses how businesses like PocketPatientMD are working to overcome them.
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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Empowering Rural Women
How a packaging startup is spearheading a model for effective, sustainable impact in Cameroon.
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- Entrepreneurship, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Social Enterprises Can Grow Their Revenue and Impact by Partnering with Corporations – Here’s How to Support Them
Against the backdrop of cascading global crises, a growing number of corporations are looking to social enterprises to advance their environmental, social and governance goals. To capitalize on this opportunity to scale social enterprises' revenue and impact, Alexandra Nemeth at MovingWorlds argues that support organizations like impact investors and accelerators should prioritize corporate readiness. She explores five key trends that are driving the momentum behind corporate partnerships with social enterprises, and five ways to build these enterprises' capacity for successful partnerships.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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Bringing Digital Innovation to the Global Art Market: An Innovative Platform Connects International Buyers to Emerging Markets Artists
Business models across all industries are rapidly embracing digital technology. But as Srikaran Masabathula at TapArt explains, the global art market remains stuck in its centuries-old, brick-and-mortar sales and distribution model – a model that perpetuates the age-old inequities in the art world, preventing talented artists from emerging economies from selling their artwork to global art buyers. He explores how TapArt is leveraging digital innovation to address these critical shortcomings and create a vibrant connection between art lovers and artists worldwide.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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