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Innovex Closes an Equity Investment With Gaia Impact Fund, a VC Fund Dedicated to Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs
Innovex, a Uganda-based startup enabling pay-as-you-go and remote monitoring for solar companies, closed a Series Seed Round with an equity investment from Gaia Impact Fund.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gpay Raises Series a From KB Financial to Expand Its E-Wallet Platform in Vietnam
The fresh funds will be used to expand Gpay's team and customer base and also upgrade its tech solutions
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- Entrepreneurship
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- South Asia
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Starsight Gets $10 Million Funding to Expand Solar Power Solutions in Nigeria, Ghana
A Helios and AIIM-backed solar power solutions firm, Starsight Energy, said it has obtained a $10 million financing that would enlarge its current senior debt facility in a bid to scale up its generation capacity and services in the Nigerian and Ghanaian markets.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why the Silicon Valley-Style Investment Approach Isn’t Best for African Startups
One of the long-running tensions in the African startup investment ecosystem has been whether the Silicon Valley funding model, which seems to have been transferred wholesale to Africa’s very diverse and different tech hubs, is right for the continent’s tech hubs at this stage in their development.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MercadoLibre to Expand Electric Fleet After $1.1 Billion Bond Sale
Latin American eCommerce giant MercadoLibre has sold $1.1 billion in bonds to expand its fleet of electric-powered delivery vehicles.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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Analysis: How Can We Ensure Energy Is Clean, Secure and Affordable?
A disruptor and a fresh start, though unexpected: the coronavirus pandemic has brought immeasurable grief and hardship, but it has also created unprecedented momentum for deep and structural change in society and industries.
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- Energy
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Bazaar, Pakistan-Based B2B E-commerce Marketplace Raises $6.5 Million in One of Region’s Largest Seed Rounds Building the Organization’s Long-Term Business Growth.
Bazaar, a Pakistan-based B2B ecommerce startup that had launched just eight months ago to digitize traditional retail in Pakistan, has raised $6.5 million in one of the region’s largest seed rounds.
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- Investing
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Press Release: African Edtech Startup uLesson Secures $7.5 Million Series A Funding
Owl Ventures leads round with TLcom Capital, Founder Collective and LocalGlobe to scale digital access to education to millions across Africa
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- Wimbart
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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