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Analysis: AI Offers Promise for Agriculture, but Smallholder Farmers Risk Being Left Behind
Precision tools lift yields in rich countries, but without finance, training and data rights, small farmers in poorer regions may miss out.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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WFP and Government of Nepal Launch Innovation Accelerator for Climate and Food Security
The accelerator supports local start-ups to pilot and scale solutions across the food system, including solar-powered irrigation and clean energy solutions, digital advisory platforms for farmers, satellite-based insurance and climate data tools and market and value chain innovations for smallholders.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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Cascador Pitch Day 2026: Over $5 Million Deployed to Seven Transformative & Impactful Entrepreneurs In Nigeria
Cascador’s ScaleUp Program works with an elite cohort of entrepreneurs to strengthen leadership, sharpen strategy, and prepare founders to scale sustainably.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Digital Africa Launches €30 Million Seed Fund
The fund will target 30 tech-enabled startups across 20 priority African countries.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- development finance, MSMEs, startups
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British International Investment Commits $20 Million to Anzana Electric Group to Scale Distributed Renewable Energy Access Across Africa
This will support Anzana to accelerate the development of small and medium-scale hydropower projects in East, Central and Southern Africa, with the first project expected to be in Zambia.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Tanda Launched to Digitise Informal Markets in Africa
The platform supports digital product listings, local and remote purchasing, wholesale pricing for bulk buyers and resellers, escrow and fulfillment coordination, and AI-powered voice and chat commerce assistance.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital inclusion, e-commerce, MSMEs
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Viewpoint: The Heart of The South African Film Industry
A debut feature set on the Cape Flats turns a familiar crime premise into a quiet study of fatherhood, masculinity, and survival. But its limited reach reveals the deeper problems facing South African film.
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- Education, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: India’s AI Deal With the UAE Challenges U.S. Cloud Dominance
G42 will deploy U.S.-designed a supercomputer in India, offering a new model for governments that want to own their AI hardware.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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