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African Development Bank Decries Inadequate Funding for Female Entrepreneurs With $42 Billion Financing Gap in Africa
The AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina made the call during Access Bank’s International Women’s Day Conference held in Lagos, Investors King reports.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals Releases 4th Annual Making the Case for Corporate Social Impact Toolkit
The Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP), the nation's leading advocate for corporate social impact professionals, today released its fourth annual Making the Case for Corporate Social Impact toolkit.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Global
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Press Release: USAID Announces New Partnerships and Ongoing Investments In Global Water Security and Sanitation at Historic UN Water Conference
USAID announced new commitments to global water security, sanitation and hygiene in support of the United States Global Water Strategy, 2022-2027, and the White House Action Plan on Global Water Security.
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- WASH
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- Global
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Tanzania Payment Ecosystem Improved Following Three Way Partnership Including Mastercard
The launch of the virtual card will ensure Tigo’s ability to provide its customers access to products and services previously a preserve of physical credit card holders.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria Begins Work on Solar Cell Production Factory to Boost Power Supply
Work has begun in Nigeria on the construction of a solar-cell production factory aimed at increasing power supply in the West African country.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Asia-Focused Digital Mental Health Company ThoughtFull Raises US $4 Million in Pre-Series a Round, Led by Temasek-Owned Sheares Healthcare Group
This marks Sheares' first investment in mental healthcare across the region to close the gaps in the existing mental healthcare ecosystem.
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- Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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JP Morgan Has Opened an Office in Kenya, Making It Present in All Four of Africa’s Biggest Technological Hubs
JP Morgan, the biggest bank in the United States and the world based on market capitalization, now had a regional office in Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: UpEnergy Issues World’s First Carbon Credits Linked to Electric Clean Cooking Devices Deployed in Sub-Saharan Africa
The new project provides a pathway for a growing number of African consumers to abandon the toxic burning of unsustainable, wood-based fuels and breathe cleaner air with healthier, zero-emissions electric cooking.
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- Environment, Social Enterprise, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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