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From Problem to Profit: Rewiring the E-Waste Value Chain in Africa
Africa is home to bountiful reserves of metals and minerals, but these resources have not unleashed widespread economic growth. However, as Anne Cathrine Garde and Blessing Layee-Maima Caine at the BESTSELLER Foundation explain, an “urban mine” is quietly growing on the continent, in the form of discarded electronic devices loaded with precious metals. They discuss how trailblazing trash entrepreneurs are tapping the riches sitting in Africa's overflowing landfills, and turning this problem into profit by rewiring the broken e-waste value chain.
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- Technology, WASH
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Fidelity, Visa and Kingsway Back South African Fintech Jumo in $120 Million Round
JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets, has raised $120 million in a new round of funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Liquid Eyes Africa’s Largest Tech Markets After $250-Million Boost From IFC
IFC’s equity and debt investments in Liquid, which to date total approximately $250-million, will support the company to grow its hyperscale data center capacity in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa through its subsidiary, Africa Data Centres.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, partnerships
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Emerging Markets Lender Lendable Seeks $100 Million to Fund Fintech Companies
Emerging markets fintech financier Lendable is targeting to raise a $100 million fund to invest in African and Asian fintech companies.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Digitalisation of Financial Service Providers To Serve Low-income Customers
The World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI)’s programme for financial inclusion, Scale2Save, launched ‘A case study on connecting with low-income customers through digitalisation.’
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Verizon Business and Visionable Join Forces To Make Connected Healthcare a Reality
Verizon Business and Visionable have partnered to deliver a single secure infrastructure for healthcare providers across the APAC and EMEA regions
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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Sendbox Raises $1.8 Million Seed to Digitise Deliveries for African SMEs
Sendbox, the Nigerian startup digitising deliveries for e-commerce and social commerce sellers in Africa, has closed a $1.8 million seed round to expand into more African markets, scale its product offerings and hire more talents.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce, scale, startups
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Beyond Energy Efficiency: Key Trends and Pathways to Scale in the Solar Appliance Market
Solar appliance uptake is a key element of global energy access efforts. But according to Yasemin Erboy Ruff and Lauren Boucher at CLASP, no appliance is close to reaching market saturation, despite considerable gains in recent years. They share highlights from Efficiency for Access' 2021 Solar Appliance Technology Briefs, which characterize the market, trends and pathways to scale for 11 off-grid-appropriate solar appliances and enabling technologies, and explore what these findings mean for the solar appliance market and the customers it serves.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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