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Uganda-Based Electric Cooking Startup PowerUP Announces Successful Initial Close of its Seed Round
PowerUP is at the forefront of transforming cooking habits in Africa, introducing households to a new era of clean and efficient electric cooking.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Bboxx Commits to Africa’s Future as It Moves Global HQ to Rwanda
Bboxx is planning to train nearly 1000 more Rwandans in the next 5 years and invest USD$100 million in the country.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN Group to Invest $215 Million in Benin’s Infrastructure After a Successful 5g Trial
MTN Group has committed to investing $215 million in infrastructure in the Republic of Benin over the next three years.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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It Begins: Ethiopia Set to Become First Country to Ban Internal Combustion Cars
Ethiopia is trying to ban ICE vehicles now.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Southeast Asia’s Digital Economy to Reach 56% of Region’s GDP by 2027
Digital payments are predicted to remain dominant in the sector, with a share of 61.5%.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Google Opens Its First Africa Cloud Data Centre In Johannesburg
Google has completed its cloud data centre in Johannesburg, and the facility is ready for customer use.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, data, infrastructure
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Statement on New Cookstoves Study
Verra gives a response to the recent research paper from University of California, Berkeley, looking at clean cookstove methodologies, published in the journal Nature Sustainability.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Cookstove Carbon Offsets Overstate Climate Benefit by 1,000%, Study Finds
Cookstove projects are one of the fastest-growing carbon offset schemes but research finds carbon benefits are vastly overstated.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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