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South Africa’s Flood Raises $2.5 Million to Digitise Offline Commerce in Emerging Markets
Founded by serial entrepreneur André de Wet, Flood is a mobile-first digital commerce platform designed to power clicks-to-mortar retail in emerging markets.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa REN Commissions Senegal’s First Solar-Plus-Storage Plant
The facility is designed to improve grid reliability by supporting frequency regulation, providing energy during peak demand hours, and offering backup capacity during outages.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Big Tech’s “AI for Good” Spending Increases in Africa. So Does Skepticism
While Google, Microsoft, and Meta provide AI for social good, some advocates say projects exploit the continent for data, erode local control.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Payments Platform HoneyCoin Secures $4.9 Million Funding
Licensed in jurisdictions including the US, Canada, the EU and key African markets, it integrates directly with banks and telecom operators.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nedbank to Acquire South African Fintech Firm iKhokha for $94 Million
Nedbank aims to boost its SME market presence through enhanced digital and inclusive financial services with the acquisition.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mongolia’s AND Global Secures US $21.4 Million Series B to Drive Fintech Expansion in Southeast Asia
The capital will enable the expansion of AND Global's AI-driven solutions throughout Southeast Asia and launch new tools for MSMEs.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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- financial inclusion, fintech, innovation, lending, MSMEs
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Designing Digital Health Tools for the Last Mile: Lessons for Maximizing Connectivity, Usability and Trust
Digital health has become a promising approach for improving healthcare access in under-resourced communities. But as Kaumudi Tiwari at Zonka Feedback explains, bringing healthcare to the “last mile” isn’t just about overcoming the challenges of physical distance. It’s about navigating poor network coverage, language mismatches, lack of trust in digital systems, and tools that don’t align with local workflows or realities. She shares four critical lessons from digital health deployments in Africa and Asia that underscore why some digital health tools succeed in the last mile, while others stall.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Visa Opens First African Data Centre in Johannesburg to Strengthen Fintech Infrastructure
The funding will be allocated towards building digital infrastructure, supporting local fintech firms, and providing training programs to enhance capacity across the sector.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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