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BII Provides $100 Million Towards Green Investments and Financial Inclusion in Africa
The funding aims to drive sustainable growth by facilitating lending to climate-related projects and women-led enterprises, expanding financial inclusion, and helping to close the region’s $42bn gender financing gap.
- Categories
- Energy, Environment, Finance, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Regenerative Brand GoodSam Foods Raises $9 Million to Build Up Its ‘Direct Trade’ Model With Farmers
The GoodSAM “direct trade” model removes middlemen, connects smallholder farmers to markets, and strives to bring them better wages.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Oze Secures New Funding to Expand Lending Management Solution Across Africa
The undisclosed round will support the company’s efforts to scale its Lending Management System (LMS), a solution designed to help financial institutions provide unsecured digital loans to small businesses.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- corporations, digital finance, fintech, lending, microfinance, MSMEs, scale
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CIF Allocates $143 Million to Restore Forests and Boost Climate Resilience in Brazil, Kenya, and Zambezi Region
$143M CIF funding expected to unlock $1B in co-financing, driving private sector investment in nature-based solutions.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Report: Insights from Brazilian Firms: Is ESG Making the Job Market More Polarized?
In Colonnelli et al. (2025a), we explore the implications of ESG practices in the context of Brazil, one of the world’s largest emerging economies.
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- Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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Vidyut Secures $2.5 Million Funding from Flourish Ventures
Vidyut separates batteries from EV ownership and then offers them on a pay-per-kilometre subscription basis.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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South Africa Hits Google With R500-Million Demand for News Media
The Competition commission has Google, X, Meta Platforms and other tech and social media companies in its sights.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa’s Startup Funding Crisis Deepens as Mastercard Foundation Exits Top VC Firm
Mastercard Foundation pulls out of its $100 million commitment to African venture capital firm 54 Collective.
- Categories
- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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