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Three Youth-Led African Agritech Businesses Receive Investment To Help Scale Up African Agriculture
African youth-led Agritech businesses will receive mentorship and $1.5 million in grants to help them expand solutions to long-standing challenges faced by smallholder farmers across the continent.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- agtech, impact investing
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African Development Bank’s AFAWA Hits $1 Billion Investment Milestone in Lending to Women Entrepreneurs in Africa
This is yet another milestone for the bank following a historic summit last week to tackle the escalating challenges of food security in Africa.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Does Climate Change Threaten Global Food Production?
A growing body of scientific research is showing that as the planet warms, the likelihood of extreme weather events hitting multiple breadbaskets at once is increasing.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Global
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Philippine Agri-Fisheries Startup Mayani Nets $1.7 Million in AgFunder-Led Round
Mayani said it seeks to transform the Philippine rural food value chain by solidifying its techno-operational stack and expanding its supply chain.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Mastercard’s Farmpass Reaches One Million Smallholders in India
Mastercard today announced that it has reached the milestone of benefiting over one million smallholder farmers in India through Farm Pass.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Lok Capital Logs First Close of Its Fourth Fund at $90 Million
The fourth fund will invest in financial services, including fintech, health-tech, food and agri-tech, and climate tech.
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- Agriculture, Education, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: A Manifesto for Disrupting Global Food Politics
There is time to realize what we’ve taken for granted is not guaranteed.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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India’s SarvaGram Closes Oversubscribed Series C Round at $35 Million
SarvaGram Solutions will expand its impact with the funding, empowering rural India’s aspirations through a carefully devised data-driven distribution.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific