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Water Crises in South Africa Could Lead to Investment Opportunities
South Africa is a water-stressed country, and Investment to address these challenges present a substantial opportunity in the municipal water sector for investors and businesses alike.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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LeadSquared Raises $153 Million in Funding Round to Attain Unicorn Status
LeadSquared, which provides firms with tools to easily onboard vendors, plans to use the money to double down on growth investments in India and North America.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- edtech
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African Fintech Startup Yellow Raises $20 Million in Debt Financing
Yellow builds cutting edge software to enable its sales force to serve customers in Africa enabling access to off-grid solar.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indonesia’s Fresh Factory Secures $4.5 Million Seed Funding Led by East Ventures
Fresh Factory funding will accelerate bringing new innovation to the cold chain management industry in Indonesia.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- impact investing, startups
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Tanzania Slashes Controversial Mobile Money Levy
The levy charged on sending, receiving money using mobile phones drew criticism for heaping burden on people.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Leveraging SME Financing as Engine of Economic Growth and Job Creation in Sierra Leone
According to a new World Bank economic analysis for Sierra Leone, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are critical to achieving goals of economic diversification.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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G7 Pledges to Invest $600 Billion Into Infrastructure for Developing Countries
Group of Seven leaders pledged to raise $600 billion in private and public funds over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries.
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- Global
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Nutreco Receives $4.8 Million Grant to Unlock Sustainable Feed Solutions for Small-Scale Producers in Africa
Nutreco will invest funds in a roll-out of sustainable feed mills in hard-to-reach communities in Africa.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- infrastructure
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