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Nigerian B2B E-Commerce Startup, OmniRetail Acquires Traction Apps
According to Alli and Adejuyigbe, the acquisition will enable Traction's services to reach a larger audience.According to Alli and Adejuyigbe, the acquisition will enable Traction's services to reach a larger audience.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Greenplinth Africa Signs $1.5 Billion Carbon Credit for 80 Million Cookstoves Project
The project involves the procurement, pre-fabrication, assembling and commissioning of highly efficient fuel wood cookstoves as well as planting of 4 billion trees at 50 trees per one cookstove by 2030.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: DFC Announces Its Largest Wind Energy Investment
DFC financing will support the development, construction, and operation of nine wind power plants.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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IZI Secures $221k Grant to Expand Rwanda’s E-Mobility
This funding will facilitate the deployment of five additional electric buses in Kigali.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Yellow Card Secures $33 Million to Enhance Stablecoin Services in Africa
The company’s emphasis on stablecoins sets it apart in Africa’s changing digital payments scene since it provides companies with scalable solutions in a continent where financial infrastructure has traditionally been a difficulty.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Power Africa Awards Grants to Increase Access to Solar-Powered Productive-Use Technologies in East Africa
Through its Empower East and Central Africa program, Power Africa is awarding grants to Simusolar and SureChill to distribute solar-powered irrigation and refrigeration solutions to underserved regions in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to boost productive use of energy.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nexif Ratch Energy Secures Financial Close for Its 145 MWP Bacolod Solar Power Project in the Philippines
It is a 145 MWp ground-mounted solar photovoltaic project that will connect to NGCP’s Bacolod Substation and can potentially power to up to 52,600 households.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- infrastructure, renewable energy, solar, wind
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Papua New Guinea Advances Digital ID, Wallet and Govt Platform to Pilot
The pilots are supported by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Australian High Commission for New Guinea, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and GovStack.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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