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Indonesia, Home to the World’s Largest Nickel Reserves, Struggles to Achieve Its EV Dreams
"The country is home to nearly half of the world’s production of nickel, a key mineral in manufacturing batteries."
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- Energy, Transportation
- Region
- South Asia
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- e-mobility, ESG, human rights, mining
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MOPO Secures US $7 Million Financing With British International Investment
This is aimed at revolutionising access to sustainable energy for millions of households and businesses across both urban and rural communities in Africa who suffer from unstable or no grid infrastructure.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: UN SDSN: Why is Europe’s Sustainable Development Slowing?
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s (SDSN) sixth Europe Sustainable Development Report (ESDR) for 2025 shows persistent ESG challenges across Europe.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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- ESG, global development, scale, SDGs
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i3 Shifts Focus to Growth-Stage Healthtech Startups Amid U.S. Aid Suspension
i3 shifts focus to growth-stage African healthtech startups, providing funding and partnerships to address disruptions in medicine distribution caused by U.S. aid suspension.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Verdant Capital Makes $2 Million Mezzanine Investment in UsPlus
The Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund has completed an investment of $2 million in South Africa’s UsPlus.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa’s Fintech Scene: NjiaPay Raises USD $1 Million and 6DOT50 Enables Crypto Car Payments
NjiaPay, a South African fintech company, raised USD 1 million in a pre-seed funding round.
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- Finance, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Leaders Secure US $50 Billion Investment to Bridge Energy Gap
The commitments, announced at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Tanzania.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan Startup City Tries to Tackle Africa’s Problem of Urbanizing While Poor
Situated on 2,023 hectares, Tatu City aspires to be what its name suggests: a city, privately owned, that its designers hope will eventually have a population of 250,000.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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