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Jungle Ventures Renews Southeast Asia, India Bets With $600 Million Fund
Singapore-based Jungle Ventures has raised $600 million in a new fund backed by new and existing investors including Temasek.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- impact investing, startups
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Press Release: Recycled Plastic Content Pledges By Coca-Cola And Pepsi Won’t Save The Oceans
New research finds leading beverage giants’ recycled content goals won’t address 93% of aquatic plastic bottle pollution. Oceana’s response: it’s time to switch to refillables.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Nigerian Entrepreneur Builds Electric Mini-Buses in Clean Energy Push
Nigerian entrepreneur Mustapha Gajibo has been converting petrol mini-buses into electric vehicles at his workshop.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dock Receives $110 Million In Funding for Its Digital Payment and Banking Platform
Dock offers a full-stack platform that offers solutions to both payments and digital backing, covering the entire ecosystem.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Bloc Smart Africa Leads $1 Million Round in South African Internet Service Provider
BLOC SA led the $1 million pre-series A round, catalysing additional capital from Connectivity Capital, Atreyu Investments and a European Family Office together with existing investors who made follow-on investments.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CarePoint Raises $10 Million to Spread Healthcare Tech Across Africa
CarePoint, a technology-driven healthcare startup, has raised a $10 million bridge round to accelerate its growth across Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- accelerators, startups
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Viewpoint: Cryptocurrencies: Africa’s New ‘Blood Diamonds’
Central African Republic (CAR), the world’s second-poorest country, is nowhere near ready for payments via cryptocurrencies. Yet CAR’s authorities threaten significant fines and other penalties on vendors who refuse to accept bitcoin for payments.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank Provides US$56 Million to Support Sustainable Blue Economy Growth in the Eastern Caribbean
The funding will support several Eastern Caribbean countries in catalyzing the sustainable economic potential of their living marine and coastal assets.
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- Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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