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MDaaS Raises $3 Million to Improve Healthcare Access and Expand Network Across Nigeria
MDaaS Global is a Nigerian health tech company that operates a network of tech-enabled diagnostic centers across the country.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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An Intuit Study Finds Women Entrepreneurs Around the World Want to Use AI More for Their Businesses
The report was based on a survey of more than 1,100 female business owners in 81 low- and middle-income countries.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Energy Poverty is Not Gender Blind: How Companies, Funders and Policymakers Can Empower Female Energy Consumers Across Africa
While both men and women in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity and clean energy technologies, women pay a bigger price for this lack of access in nearly every imaginable way. Mutale Ngaba, Katie Brauer, Nathalie Gogue-Ebo and Duda Slawek at Open Capital argue that this crucial aspect of the energy access conversation is often overlooked. They explore the gender inequities in energy poverty, and share learnings from Open Capital's work that can guide the efforts of energy companies, funders and policymakers to put women’s needs at the center of energy access efforts in the region.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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Press Release: GOGLA and USEA Sign Partnership to Scale up the Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Uganda
The partnership seeks to enhance the use of renewable energy to improve food security and create economic empowerment in Uganda.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN Aims to Double its Mobile Money Lending in Uganda to Shs1 Trillion This Year
MTN says it will this year double mobile money lending from Shs550b to more than Shs1 trillion.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How African Companies Are Solving the Continent’s Solar Finance Problem
While solar adoption is soaring in wealthier regions, it remains startlingly low in Africa. As of 2022, only about 13 gigawatts of solar capacity had been installed across the entire continent.
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- Energy, Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ethiopian Airlines Opens $55 Million E-Commerce Facility
Ethiopian Airlines is positioning Addis Ababa to be the cross-border e-commerce logistics hub for Africa and beyond.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech Partner to Drive Acceleration of Mobile Money Ecosystem in Africa Across 13 Markets
The partnership is set to launch a prepaid virtual card tailored for MTN’s MoMo customers, granting them access to over 100 million acceptance points worldwide.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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