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$64 Million Botswana Tech Fund to Support Tech Startups Across Southern Africa
The Botswana Tech Fund (BTF), a multi-stage venture capital initiative targeting US$64 million in total commitments, has launched with the aim of supporting tech startups across Southern Africa.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Qatar’s Green Sky Capital Backs a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Facility in Egypt
The Qatar-based aviation fuel company, Green Sky Capital, recently secured funding for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Egypt’s Ain Sokhna, believed to be valued at $500 million.
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- Energy
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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7 Shifts That Could Unlock Millions of Blue Jobs in the Ocean Economy
More than 50 million jobs could be added to the ocean economy — or nearly 40 million jobs could be lost — depending on whether countries invest in sustainable industries, worker training and healthy marine ecosystems.
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- Global
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Analysis: Five Times AI Hallucinations Embarrassed Governments
From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: IFAD and Government of India Launch Eight-Year Roadmap to Expand Investments and Scale Incomes in Rural Areas
The new Country Strategic Opportunities Programme sets two strategic objectives: enhancing the social, economic and climatic resilience of rural communities; and strengthening the knowledge systems that enable proven models to be scaled domestically and shared across the Global South.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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France’s Macron Unveils a $27 Billion Investment in Africa at a Partnership Summit in Kenya
New partnerships between the African nations and France “must not be built on dependency but on sovereign equality, not on aid or charity but on mutually beneficial investment, and not on extraction or exploitation but on win-win engagements,” Ruto said.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kaleidofin, Apollo Agriculture and IDH Farmfit Fund Close Kenya’s First Private-Sector Agriculture Securitization Deal
Kenya has recorded a major milestone in agricultural finance after fintech company Kaleidofin completed the country’s first private-sector local currency securitization focused on smallholder farmers, unlocking fresh capital for rural lending.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bfree Raises $3.1 Million to Tackle Africa’s Growing Digital Loan Crisis
Unlike traditional debt collection firms, Bfree uses artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to analyse borrower behaviour, estimate repayment capacity, and create personalised repayment arrangements.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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