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Norrsken22’s Debut Fund Closes at $205 Million to Back Growth-Stage Startups in Africa
Norrsken22’s target remains investing in approximately 20 startups. The fund’s typical investment ticket size averages around $10 million.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Oikocredit, Goodwell Investments and Global Partnerships Invest in Good Nature Agro to Support Southern African Smallholder Farmers
Investors commit a combined total of US$ 8.5 million to expand Good Nature Agro’s social impact.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: VisionFund Celebrates 20 Years of Financial Inclusion Through Microfinance
VisionFund International proudly commemorates two decades of dedicated service in championing financial inclusion and fostering rural economic growth.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Filling This ‘Forgotten Element’ of the Energy Transition Is Critical to Net Zero
The pipeline of investable renewable energy and low carbon infrastructure projects in developing nations needs to be up to nine times larger, warns the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Namibia Breaks Ground on Continent’s First Green Iron Facility
The Oshivela project in western Namibia is backed by the German federal government.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- decarbonization
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Report: Low-Income Countries Paying the Price for End-Of-Life Plastic Imports, WWF Cautions
A Dalberg report commissioned by WWF warns that low-income countries could face costs as much as ten times higher than their high-income peers regarding the environmental, health, and economical impacts of plastic waste.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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USAID Grants $1.5 Million to BasiGo for Electric Bus Pilot Program in Rwanda
BasiGo, a pioneering E-Mobility startup, is already celebrating the arrival of its first two electric buses in East Africa.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-mobility
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Developing Countries Owe China at Least $1.1 Trillion – And the Debts Are Due
China remains the world’s single largest official source of development finance and continues to out-fund any single Group of Seven (G7) developed economy as well as multilateral lenders.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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