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Amogy Raises $80 Million to Power Ships and Data Centers With Ammonia
The startup is based primarily in the U.S. but it has found demand for its core technology in Japan and South Korea, countries looking for new ways to expand power generation.
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- Environment, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Brazil’s Neon Raises $129 Million in Series E Extension Round
Founded in 2016, Neon provides digital accounts, credit cards, personal loans, and investment products to customers in Brazil.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Cybersecurity Strategies Are Making Rural Communities Less Safe
Research consistently shows that rural communities face heightened cybersecurity risks due to limited access to resources, technology infrastructure, and cybersecurity professionals, yet our response has been to double down on individual behavioral change.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ecobank Group and Google Cloud Announce Partnership to Accelerate Financial Inclusion and Innovation Across Africa
Google Cloud technologies aims to strengthen Ecobank’s platform for enhanced digital banking, small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) support, and economic development on the continent.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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National Philanthropies Join Forces to Advance Economic Mobility and Access to Opportunity in America
NextLadder Ventures launches with over $1 billion to empower low-income Americans through personalized, tech-driven solutions.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- North America
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Why Big Tech Is Threatened by a Global Push for Data Sovereignty
Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Global
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Paymenow Bags $22.4 Million to Expand On-Demand Salary Services Across Africa
The funding, structured under a sustainable finance format, is one of the largest institutional bets to date on the earned wages access (EWA) model in the region.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- financial inclusion, fintech, lending, scale, startups
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Press Release: MzN Launches AI “Digital Teammate” to Accelerate Fundraising for Small NGOs
This marks the first in a suite of specialist AI-powered agents built to tackle the most pressing challenges faced by NGOs.
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- Social Enterprise, Technology
- Region
- Global
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