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The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Receives $7.3 Million to Boost Agricultural Productivity and Smallholder Farmers’ Income
The funding targets food production and income growth for 800,000 smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How Impact Valuation Helps Companies Meet the Latest Sustainability Reporting Requirements
Impact valuation provides objective and quantitative insights and helps to inform the new demands of European sustainability reporting requirements.
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- Investing
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- Global
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- data, ESG, global development, impact measurement, SDGs
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TLcom Closes Africa’s Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million
Confirming TLcom Capital’s status as Africa’s largest Seed and Series A investor, the new fund accelerates the firm’s mission to partner with elite founders to tackle Africa’s biggest and most complex challenges.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- venture capital
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Nigeria Secures $1 Billion to Boost Indigenous Medicine Production
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the acquisition of over $1 billion in funding to support the local production of indigenous medicines in the country.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: What ESG Investors Need to Know about ‘Systems-Level Investing’
ESG can measure risks to cash flows, but ‘systems-level investing’ offers a more complete view of where corporations might be vulnerable over the long term.
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- Investing
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- Global
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AECF Launches €12.5 Million Sudan SME Catalyser Amidst Conflict
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has launched a new initiative aimed at bolstering Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sudan in the wake of conflict that has curtailed economic activities.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, MSMEs, supply chains
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Goodwell Invests in OmniRetail, Fuelling Better Opportunities for Informal Retailers
The firm is proud to be the first to commit, underscoring its desire to support the growth of companies driving financial inclusion in underserved communities.
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- Investing
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Private Business Alone Can’t Bring Energy to the Last Mile: Why Philanthropy Should Shift its Focus to Scalable Non-Profit Models
Africa is home to countless failed pay-as-you-go energy businesses that couldn't sustain themselves after their grant funding dried up. According to Aneri Pradhan at New Energy Nexus, this highlights the shortcomings of market-led approaches to last-mile energy access across the continent. She argues that philanthropic funding has largely failed to create sustainable energy businesses in these communities, as customers cannot afford clean energy at their current income levels. Instead, she encourages funders to support non-profit models that have proven their ability to reach these communities at scale.
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