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Tetra Tech Buys International Development Consultancy Kaizen
Tetra Tech, a Pasadena, California-based engineering and consulting firm, has acquired The Kaizen Company, a Washington, DC-based management consulting firm specializing in international development.
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- Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Press Release: Renewvia Energy Receives $1 Million Commitment from SIMA Fund to Electrify Communities in Rural Kenya
Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (SIMA), a new generation of impact investment manager, and Renewvia Energy Corporation, a global solar developer, today announced a partnership to electrify rural communities in Kenya underserved by conventional utilities.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Agritech Startup Launches Programme to Support Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria
Abuja-based agritech startup Thrive Agric has launched a one-year project that aims to support 50 000 smallholder farmers that grow rice, maize, and soybean in Nigeria.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SVB-Led $100 Million Investment Makes Chipper Cash Africa’s ‘Most Valuable Startup’
Chipper Cash, a three-year-old startup that facilitates cross-border payment across Africa, has closed a $100 million Series C round to introduce more products and grow its team.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Agri Fintech Startup Mozare3 Raises Seven-Figure Capital in Pre-Seed Round
Mozare3, an emerging Agri-FinTech startup from Egypt has announced that it raised substantial capital in a pre-seed round led.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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- fintech
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upGrad Aquires Impartus
The acquisition will give an exit to Impartus’ existing investor Kaizen, which had invested $4.1 million in the startup in 2015.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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African Fintech Opay Is Reportedly Raising $400 Million at Over $1.5 Billion Valuation
Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech platform OPay is in talks to raise up to $400 million, The Information reported today.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How the Gates Foundation and Seattle Nonprofit Path Are Helping Get Oxygen to India
This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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- nonprofits, SDGs
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