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Why Are Impact Investors Ignoring African Healthcare?
The need to support the private sector – which largely consists of thousands of small-scale clinics and pharmacies – cannot be overlooked.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- impact investing, SDGs
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IProcure: Kenyan Agritech Startup Secures $10.2 Million Series B Funding
IProcure is enabling the lowering of food costs and lessening the climate impact of agriculture by ensuring smallholder farmers can plant their crops on time and achieve higher crop yields while using less land.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- startups
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Togo’s New Cybersecurity Center will Serve the Whole of Africa
A new cybersecurity center in Togo is poised to add into efforts by individual African countries to secure the continent’s cyberspace.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indian Savings Fintech Jar Lands $22.6 Million in Series B Funding
The start-up says the influx of cash will be used to fuel the development of its products and technology for hiring new talent.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Precise Consult to Manufacture 250,000 Solar Home Systems Locally in Ethiopia
This initiative will allow the distribution of kits for the productive use of solar energy, particularly in the agricultural sector.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- energy access, housing, manufacturing, solar
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The Asian Development Bank, India Sign $96.3 Million Loan to Improve Water Supply in Himachal Pradesh
The project aims to provide piped water to all rural households by 2024, and it will upgrade water supply infrastructure and strengthen institutional capacity.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Edtech Company Sunstone Bags $35 Million In Series C in India
Sunstone is planning to utilize the fresh funds to expand its presence from the current 35+ cities to 100 cities across India.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Liquid Continues to Expand Across Zambia
The company says that this launch will bring high-speed connectivity and a suite of intelligent technologies to the district for the first time.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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