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DFS Lab and the Stellar Development Foundation Launch a Blockchain Bootcamp for African Startups, Offering Prizes up to 20,000 USDC for Most Promising Solutions
DFS Lab in collaboration with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has launched a call for applicants for a Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-source blockchain network for financial services and products.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MyJouleBox raises €3 Million to Deploy Solar Off-Grid in Four West African Countries
Electricity access solutions provider MyJouleBox has raised €3 million for its expansion into four countries in West Africa.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NotCo Gets $235 Million Round to Expand Plant-Based Food Products
NotCo, a food technology company making plant-based milk and meat replacements, wrapped up a $235 million Series D round that gives it a $1.5 billion valuation.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
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UNCDF Agritech Challenge 2021 Open for Innovative Agritech Solutions
The United Nations Capital Development Fund has partnered with Atal Innovation Mission, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Rabo Foundation to launch the Agritech Challenge 2021.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agribusiness, agriculture, agritech, farming, technology
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India Edtech Giant Buys US-Based Kids Reading Platform Epic for $500 Million
India’s edtech giant BYJU’S has acquired a US-based digital reading platform expanding its existing global user-base.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Chaka Secures $1.5 Million Pre-Seed Round to Power Digital Investments and Wealth Management Opportunities across Africa
Chaka is a technology solutions company on a mission to enable every business and person in Africa to access borderless digital investment and wealth management opportunities.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Solar Energy Storage Unit Developer Gets a $1.4 Million Grant
Battery and energy storage firm, AceOn has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the Innovate UK Energy Catalyst 8 Fund.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Monitoring and Evaluation in E-Learning: Five M&E Practices to Measure and Boost the Impact of Online Education Programs
Educational institutions, businesses, nonprofits and other organizations have turned to e-learning during the COVID-19 crisis, and these approaches are likely to remain prevalent in a post-pandemic world. According to Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi of the William Davidson Institute and Salma Elbeblawi of Soliya, virtual exchange is an area of particular interest and innovation within the broader online education space. They share five key monitoring and evaluation insights that can strengthen these programs in real time – and that can be applied to a variety of e-learning programs.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
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