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Fintech Company CapitalSage Technology Raises $4 Million To Accelerate the Company’s Growth
CapitalSage Technology Limited's expansion is mostly driven by their agenda to provide sustainable and inclusive digital financial infrastructure.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya: This Entrepreneur’s Business Manufactures an Alternative to Firewood
BrightGreen Renewable Energy Limited company produces fuel briquettes from upcycled farm waste, or biomass in Kenya.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Report Reveals African Farmers Are Missing Out on Agritech Innovations That Could Supercharge the Sector With Opportunities for Youth
The report points to the need for new investments to stimulate access to innovations that could encourage African youth to work in the agriculture sector.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: A Fiscal Tightrope: Comparing the COVID-19 Recovery of Advanced and Emerging Economies
The effects of COVID-19 are still expect to cause ongoing problems such as poverty and malnutrition, which will make the Sustainable Development Goals unattainable.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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Real Cost of Net Zero Carbon Could Be Mass Hunger
Governments and companies are happy to make net zero carbon pledges. Their real cost could be ruinous for the poor.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change
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Nigerian Minister Says Twitter Ban To Be Lifted Soon
Nigeria plans to soon lift its ban on Twitter, the country’s information minister said Wednesday, two months after authorities blocked the social network when a tweet by the president was deleted.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance
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IFC and FMO Partner With I&M Bank To Support SMEs in Kenya
The financial support will give smaller businesses across a range of sectors in Kenya access to financing for working capital, expansion, and to weather the effects of COVID-19.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- financial inclusion, MSMEs
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Press Release: Inaccurate Solar Production Estimates Impact All Players in the African Power Value Chain
CrossBoundary Energy has released a report, Measuring Solar Irradiation in Africa: A case for change which shows how the biases in the estimation of solar production in Africa can lead to reduction in savings for African businesses.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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