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Mastercard Foundation Continues Africa Push with $10 Million for Sahel Capital
The investment is directed to the Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA), a vehicle designed to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that support smallholder farmers across the continent.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Black Women-Led Infrastructure Investor Launches in South Africa
The firm’s immediate focus will be on delivering public-private partnership projects across sectors including social infrastructure, healthcare, etc.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Axian Energy and Sika Capital to Build Four Solar Power Plants in Benin in $49 Million Project
Benin is moving forward with a major renewable energy initiative through a partnership between Axian Energy, a pan-African developer, and Sika Capital Bénin.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Female-Led First Circle Capital Raises $10.9 Million for Pan-African Fintech Fund
The fund is dedicated to investing in early-stage fintech startups across Africa.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, startups, venture capital
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What You Need to Know About Nature Finance Ahead of COP30
With the U.S. government largely absent from tropical forest diplomacy, a new generation of Global South-led initiatives is filling the gap, and changing the landscape for corporate action.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Kenya Invites Bids for Rural Broadband Rollout Under $390 Million Digital Economy Project
The entire procurement process will be managed under the World Bank's stringent governance framework to assure international bidders of a level playing field.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Japanese VCs Launch USD $20 Million Early-Stage Startup Fund for Africa & MENA
The fund will invest in four key sectors: finance, mobility, distribution, and sustainability. Furthermore, it will focus on areas such as mobile payments, microlending, digital retail, logistics, and agri-tech.
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- Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Analysis: Climate-Smart Public Health: A Blueprint for Resilient Health Systems
When different types of data are brought into one platform, researchers and climate and health practitioners can better understand how environmental changes lead to infectious diseases, etc.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Global