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‘Too Big to Fail’: How USAID’s $9.5 Billion Supply Chain Vision Unraveled
Ten years ago, USAID unveiled the largest contract in its history, aimed at transforming health supply chains in lower-income countries. It has not gone according to plan.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Flutterwave Cleared as Kenyan Court Okays Agency’s Request to Withdraw Second Case
The case withdrawal brings relief to Flutterwave as it hopes to acquire a payments service provider and remittances license from the Central Bank of Kenya.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Edtech Startup Snapplify to Roll Out ELibrary Project in Tanzania
The Digital library is to be rolled out to all Tanzanian schools.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Norrsken22’s Debut Fund Closes at $205 Million to Back Growth-Stage Startups in Africa
Norrsken22’s target remains investing in approximately 20 startups. The fund’s typical investment ticket size averages around $10 million.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Filling This ‘Forgotten Element’ of the Energy Transition Is Critical to Net Zero
The pipeline of investable renewable energy and low carbon infrastructure projects in developing nations needs to be up to nine times larger, warns the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Assessing Last-Mile Distributors’ Business Performance and Impact: Using a Diagnostic Tool to Reveal Key Areas of Strength and Improvement
Running a company without business data is like driving a car without a dashboard. But it isn't always easy for an entrepreneur to determine which data is important to track, and how to use it to evaluate their business’ performance. Lucie Klarsfeld McGrath, Alice Magand and Chitraksh Sharma at Hystra share an auto-diagnostic tool they've used in their work with last-mile distributors, which enables companies to identify what's really driving value-creation and impact.
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- Technology
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Namibia Breaks Ground on Continent’s First Green Iron Facility
The Oshivela project in western Namibia is backed by the German federal government.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- decarbonization
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USAID Grants $1.5 Million to BasiGo for Electric Bus Pilot Program in Rwanda
BasiGo, a pioneering E-Mobility startup, is already celebrating the arrival of its first two electric buses in East Africa.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-mobility
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