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India’s Celebal Technologies Gets $32 Million Investment From Norwest Venture Partners
It said the investment will strengthen its foothold in existing markets across North America, India and Asia Pacific.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Tanzania’s YC Alum Ramani Raises $32 Million to Digitize Consumer-Packaged Goods Supply Chains, Lend Resellers
Ramani, a Tanzanian startup focused on consumer-packaged goods (CPG) supply chains, plans to introduce new financial services as it expands its operations in the East Africa.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, supply chains
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African Telcos Target Minors With New Mobile Money Solutions
African telecom operators are re-imagining these accounts, lining up digital junior wallets to allow young individuals aged below 18 years old to make more transactions over mobile phones.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, savings
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Analysis: African Biotech Holds the Key to Transforming Not Just the Health of African People, but Our Economies as Well
African biotech has the potential to create countless new job opportunities for Africa’s young and talented population which could catalyze significant and sustainable economic growth across the continent.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation, vaccines
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Most Tanzanian Merchants Believe That Digital Retail Payments Will Benefit Their Business. Why Are They Still Using Cash?
A large gap between the use of digital retail payments in high-income countries and low and middle-income countries (LMICs) cannot be completely explained by differences in access to digital financial tools.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indonesia’s ESQA Raises $6 Million Series a Funding Led by Unilever Ventures
ESQA, an Indonesian indie beauty brand, has raised a $6 million Series A round led by Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of consumer giant Unilever.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Government Admits Poverty Fight Failure in Northern Uganda
The government has admitted that its efforts over the past decades to lift northern Uganda out of poverty have failed.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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HDF Energy and US International Development Finance Corporation Announce Technical Assistance to Develop Green Hydrogen Power Plants in Indonesia
Announced on the sidelines of the G20 summit, this cooperation is part of a strategic partnership, including 13 initiatives.
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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