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Research: Governments Falling 90 Percent Short of Climate Adaptation Finance Needs, Oxfam Warns Ahead of Bonn Climate Talks
This shortfall highlights a stark global inequality, that those who have done the least to cause the climate crisis are being hit by the heaviest damage and short-changed from the funding promised to help them deal with it.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Miller Center Capital Backs Manikstu Agro to Expand Goat Farming Livelihoods in Rural India
The catalytic loan will help scale government-subsidized livestock units for smallholder farming households.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- lending, scale, smallholder farmers
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Analysis: A Path Through AI Overwhelm
Many social impact leaders feel pressure to engage with AI but are overwhelmed and lack a clear starting point.
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- Social Enterprise, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Gates Foundation Ebola Response Funding Announcement
The Gates Foundation is committing an initial $15 million in emergency funding to support this response through trusted institutions already working on the ground.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Spiro Raises $215 Million as Race for Africa’s EV Market Heats Up
The round, backed by investors including Impact Fund Denmark and Equitane, comes four months after Spiro secured $50 million in debt financing and less than a year after a separate $100 million equity raise led by Afreximbank’s Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA).
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- Energy, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: AI Is Minting New Billionaires, and Workers Want Their Share
From Kenyan data annotators to Hollywood actors, laborers across the supply chain are challenging the surge in “AI billionaires” as automation continues to drive widespread job cuts.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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World Bank Group to Double Guarantees for Africa to Catalyze Investment, Create Jobs
New guarantees issued over the next four years are expected to mobilize $23 billion in private capital for Africa via a multitude of impactful initiatives on the continent.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, lending, venture capital
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bPOWERd Expands into Nigeria with Solar Battery Rental Hubs
Originally launched in South Africa in 2025, bPOWERd said it facilitated 125,000 rentals within its first 12 months of operations.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- MSMEs, renewable energy, solar, startups
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