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Press Release: Catalyst Fund Announces Its Latest Cohort of Companies Bringing Inclusive Fintech Solutions To Underserved Communities
PayPal joins as a new supporter as Catalyst Fund explores connections between digital finance and climate resilience.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Trash Talk: Why the Circular Economy Could be Sub-Saharan Africa’s Latest Leapfrog Industry
From mobile banking to off-grid energy, sub-Saharan Africa has shown a tendency to leapfrog the rest of the world in establishing widespread access to digital infrastructure and new technologies. Tine Fisker Henriksen at BESTSELLER Foundation explores how the continent is making similar strides in the circular economy. She shares how enterprises across the region are taking innovative approaches to waste management, developing groundbreaking approaches to waste collection and recycling – while also supporting the often-informal workers who power the industry.
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- Technology, WASH
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Nigerian Angel Investor Olumide Soyombo Co-Launches Fund to Bridge Funding Gap for African Startups
After years of investing on his own, Nigerian angel investor Olumide Soyombo is launching his own venture to support African-based startup companies.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, startups
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Nigeria’s Kuda Bank Raises $55 Million At $500 Million Valuation
Nigerian FinTech startup Kuda Bank notched $55 million in a Series B funding round at a $500 million valuation as the digital bank seeks to expand into other countries across Africa.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dear Big Tech Leaders: Instead of Harvesting Our Data and Launching Yourselves Into Space, How About Making Life Better on Earth?
As Big Tech's data practices come under greater scrutiny and its leaders indulge in an ego-driven space race, Steve Hollingworth of Grameen Foundation says it’s time to have a hard conversation with the industry. It can start with the question of why its core companies are focusing their talents and technologies on accumulating ever-greater amounts of money, while the world struggles with long-standing and quickly escalating challenges that could be greatly improved by the data and other resources the tech industry commands.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- corporations, data, NGOs
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Kenya’s Wapi Pay Raises $2.2 Million Pre-Seed for Cross-Border Payments Between Africa and Asia
Wapi Pay will use the investments to engage regulators for licensing across Africa and for scale, product and geographical expansion.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Bboxx To Bring Clean Energy to 2 Million People in Burkina Faso With Geocoton Advens Group Joint Venture
Bboxx, a next generation utility, is partnering via a first-of-a-kind joint venture with Geocoton Advens Group as part of Bboxx’s market entry into Burkina Faso.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa’s Khula Closes $1.3 Million Seed To Scale Its Software-for-Agriculture Platform
Inadequate financing, education and input distribution persist, but startups such as Khula are providing innovative solutions to these problems.
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- Agriculture, Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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