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Press Release: The United States Announces $116 Million in Additional Assistance for Mozambique
USAID will also launch a challenge fund to encourage local agribusinesses to test and expand new business models, develop products, and adopt innovative technologies.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Financing Africa’s $100 Billion Annual Infrastructure Gap Just Got Trickier
If Africa wants to leapfrog its infrastructural hurdles, then it must look beyond its own pockets to bridge its huge financing gap.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Black-Owned Startups Face Funding Gap in South Africa, Report Says
The report looked at the extent to which “historically disadvantaged persons” (HDPs) were excluded within parts of the digital ecosystem.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: India’s Last-Mile CO2 Emissions at Least Half of Overall Exhaust From E-Com Deliveries
A recent report claims that the last-mile emissions of the six largest global delivery and e-commerce companies alone amount to approximately 4.5 megatons of carbon dioxide.
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- Environment, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: Western Nonprofits Are Trampling Over Africans’ Rights and Land
Extensive scholarship and reports show that protected areas, especially those imposed and stripped off all Indigenous peoples’ rights, fail to protect biodiversity in the global south.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Mastercard Strive Community Awards $1 Million to Digital and Data-First Projects to Strengthen Small Businesses
Strive Community has awarded enterprises developing innovative, scalable solutions to strengthen small businesses’ digital capabilities, through its Innovation Fund.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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This €110 Million VC Fund for Africa Is Now Prioritizing Startups That Can Break Even Quickly
This amount makes CAIF one of the largest Africa-focused venture capital funds, alongside others like TLcom Capital.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups, venture capital
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Indonesia’s Pintarnya Raises $8 Million Seed Fund From East Ventures and VVSEAI
Pintarnya, one-stop digital platform for blue collar workers to find employment opportunities in Indonesia, announced a new funding round.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
- Tags
- data, digital inclusion
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