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China and the West Are Taking Opposite Paths on EV Battery Recycling
China has 85% of the world’s recycling capacity and a mandate to shred old packs. The U.S. has another plan: use them to save the power grid first.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- Global
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- e-mobility, recycling, renewable energy, solar, waste
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D.light Takes PAYGo Solar From Impact Funds to the London Stock Exchange
The listing brings d.light’s cumulative PAYGo receivables purchasing capacity to $1 billion — a milestone that few in the off-grid energy sector thought achievable when the company pioneered the first-ever PAYGo securitisation back in 2020.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: ‘Who Is Going to Pay Us When We’re Replaced by Robots?’ The Indian Factory Workers Told to Film Themselves for AI
First-person recordings of human movements and interactions are called egocentric data and are vital for training robots that might one day replace humans on the production line.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC Backs CrossBoundary Access with US $10 Million Equity Investment
This investment supports the continued construction and expansion of CrossBoundary Access’s portfolio of distributed renewable energy assets, including mini-grids, battery-as-a-service (BaaS), and adjacent technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: South Africa Went Cashless – Except for the Millions Who Didn’t
A new industry report argues that the sector mistook innovation for inclusion and left informal markets behind.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WhatsApp Gets New Chief as Meta Taps India’s CRED Founder Kunal Shah and Invests $900 Million in Startup
India has emerged as a key battleground for Meta’s ambitions in business messaging and digital payments, areas seen as critical to WhatsApp’s next phase of growth.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Pushing Back from Big Tech: Africa’s Hard Road to AI Sovereignty
The continent’s biggest tech economies want to own their AI future. The infrastructure they need still belongs to Big Tech.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Africa’s Green Transition to Create Up to 84 Million Jobs by 2050 but It Risks Embedding Inequality Without Urgent Action
Africa’s green transition could generate up to 84.5 million jobs by 2050 but without concerted policy action the benefits risk entrenching inequality rather than reducing it.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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