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Analysis: These Four Countries Are Leading Africa’s Start-Up Scene — Here’s Why
The seventh edition of Disrupt Africa’s African Tech Startups Funding Report revealed that start-ups in the big four raised a combined $1.9 billion in 2021.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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Samsung Develops Prototype ‘Reinvented Toilet’ in Partnership With the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Samsung plans to offer royalty-free licenses of patents related to the project to developing countries during the commercialization stage.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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- partnerships
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Awign Raises $15 Million in Series B Led by Bertelsmann India, Amicus Capital
Awign plans to deploy the fresh funds to enhance its technological capabilities, expand digital services into global markets, and bolster supply and demand acquisitions.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing
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South Africa Becomes First African Nation to Get Google Wallet
South Africa's rising trend of contactless payments has been given another boost with search giant Google launching its Google Wallet service.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PayU Finance’s LazyPay Partners With Dukaan to Offer Buy Now Pay Later Solution to Small Businesses in India
Integrating the BNPL solution into the available payment modes will help merchants improve their sales and encourage first-time customers to become repeat customers, LazyPay said.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- MSMEs, partnerships
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Press Release: Companies Need to Invest in Water and Toilets to Drive Health, Wealth and Business
WaterAid reveals the major benefits of investing in clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene in workplaces and employees’ communities.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Agritech Startup Loopworm Raises $3.4 Million in Seed Funding Led by Omnivore, Waterbridge
Loopworm plans to use the seed funding for talent acquisition, research and development (R&D) including building laboratories, and to launch its first factory in North Bengaluru for scaling up production.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: Africa’s Cold Rush and the Promise of Refrigeration
The International Institute of Refrigeration estimates that, globally, 1.6 billion tons of food are wasted every year, and that thirty percent of this could be saved by refrigeration.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- food security
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