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DeHaat Raises $115 Million in the Largest Agritech Round in India
DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers in India, has raised $115 million in what is the largest funding round for an agritech startup in India.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- startups
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Ventures Platform, Hustle Fund Back Nigerian Fintech Brass in $1.7 Million Round
Aside from full-stack financial needs, including credit, small and medium businesses require other essential resources to understand their financial operations. Brass is a Nigerian fintech tackling these challenges by providing banking services to small and medium businesses.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: How Africa Can Ride the Growing Wave of Climate Tech Investment
Investing in climate tech will be critical to countering these risks and to building adaptive and resilient economies.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Tetra Tech Wins $25 Million Usaid Water and Sanitation Contract
Through the USAID Tanzania Water and Sanitation Activity, Tetra Tech’s team of industry leading water and sanitation experts will provide engineering and technical advisory services to strengthen Tanzania’s capacity to manage water resources.
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- Technology, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IBM Pledges to Reskill 30 Million People by 2030
IBM has pledged to give 30 million people worldwide new technology-based skills by 2030 through local partnerships with education providers, government departments and other organisations across 30 countries.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Global
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- edtech, partnerships
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Alsoug Raises $5 Million in First Foreign Funding Into Sudanese Tech in 30 Years
While an African country like Nigeria has recorded close to 50 investment deals this year alone, this investment round marks the first foreign venture capital investment into the Sudanese tech ecosystem.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tata Power Looking To Raise $500 Million for Renewables Unit in India
Tata Power is in talks with large pension and sovereign asset managers, including Canada Pension Plan Invest Board and Government of Singapore Investment Corp. to raise at least $500 million ahead of a planned initial public offering by its renewable energy unit.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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Indian Businesses Seek Government Support To Meet 2030 Electric Vehicle Target
Businesses in India are seeking government support to meet a target for at least 65% of all new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030, according to a CEO-led organisation of major companies worldwide which is leading the push.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- e-mobility, SDGs, transportation
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