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Africa Mobile Networks Secures $20 Million Loan for Rural Push
This latest financial backing follows a $36 million private equity investment from a consortium led by South African private equity firm Metier in 2021.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: DFC Approves More Than $655 Million of Investments to Bolster Infrastructure, Energy Security, Food Security, and Healthcare in Q2 of FY2023
The transactions will support U.S. foreign policy and development priorities across the globe.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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Equator Secures $40 Million in Commitments for Fund Targeting Climate Tech Startups in Africa
Despite the role technologies play in improving the world’s environmental footprint, raising venture capital has proved chiefly hard in years past.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Report Shines Spotlight on E-Mobility Innovators Unlocking Access to the US $3.65 Billion Motorcycle Market in Sub-Saharan Africa
Electric motorcycles are set to be a dominant force in sub-Saharan Africa’s sustainable mobility transformation.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Forge Ventures Leads US $1.5 Million Funding in Indonesian Supply Chain Tech Startup Baskit
Baskit aims to strengthen the traditional distribution chains of distributors and wholesalers with commercial support and technology.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- startups, supply chains
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Sao Tome and Principe: African Development Bank Signs $3.2 Million Loan Agreement for Upgrade of National Switch Payment System
Automated Clearing House functionalities will strengthen the clearing and settlement of payments.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Avanti Finance Secures $24 Million Equity Funding From Rabo Partnerships, IDH Farmfit Fund
The funds will provide support for the company to provide affordable and localised credit products for smallholder farmers in India.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Can Pay-As-You-Go Help Clean Up Clean Cooking?
Since 2015, the global focus on clean cooking has grown substantially, bringing more funding, research and attention from policymakers to the sector. But according to Tash Perros at the University of Liverpool, Iwona Bisaga at Loughborough University and Julia Tomei at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, progress remains slow, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. They examine some of the reasons behind the inertia that is plaguing clean cooking access, and explore whether pay-as-you-go business models could catalyze progress.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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