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Empowering Rural Women
How a packaging startup is spearheading a model for effective, sustainable impact in Cameroon.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Water For People Receives $15 Million Donation From Mackenzie Scott
Without focused attention and investment, the poor, the most marginalized, and those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Islamic Bank, Africa Development Bank, Others Invest $618 Million in Nigeria’s I-DICE
“Today, Nigeria has five of the seven unicorns in Africa and raised almost $1.4 billion of the total of $4 billion raised by fintech companies across Africa in 2021.”
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: These Two Start-Ups Are Making Farming More Sustainable. Here’s How
With climate change also posing a growing threat to the planet, feeding more people more sustainably has become more important than ever.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Global
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Orange Launches 5G Test Lab in Côte D’Ivoire
Orange Côte d’Ivoire has unveiled its Orange 5G Lab, a 5G ecosystem for digital professionals, start-ups and businesses.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NGO Retracts ‘Waste Colonialism’ Report Blaming Asian Countries for Plastic Pollution
Ocean Conservancy apologizes for ‘false narrative’ of 2015 study that put blame for bulk of world’s plastic waste on five Asian states.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- waste
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Press Release: Pan-African Crypto Exchange, Yellow Card Secures $40 Million in Series B Funding Round
The round, led by Polychain Capital, brings Yellow Card to $57M total raised, more than any crypto company on the African continent.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s YC-Backed Remedial Health Raises $4.4 Million Seed Funding
Buoyed by a new $4.4 million equity seed round, Remedial Health is also looking for growth opportunities in East and West Africa.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- scale
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