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Analysis: How Can We Ensure Energy Is Clean, Secure and Affordable?
A disruptor and a fresh start, though unexpected: the coronavirus pandemic has brought immeasurable grief and hardship, but it has also created unprecedented momentum for deep and structural change in society and industries.
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- Energy
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- renewable energy
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Bazaar, Pakistan-Based B2B E-commerce Marketplace Raises $6.5 Million in One of Region’s Largest Seed Rounds Building the Organization’s Long-Term Business Growth.
Bazaar, a Pakistan-based B2B ecommerce startup that had launched just eight months ago to digitize traditional retail in Pakistan, has raised $6.5 million in one of the region’s largest seed rounds.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: African Edtech Startup uLesson Secures $7.5 Million Series A Funding
Owl Ventures leads round with TLcom Capital, Founder Collective and LocalGlobe to scale digital access to education to millions across Africa
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- Wimbart
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- edtech, energy access, startups
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Malaysia’s Mobile Money, Bangladesh’s Bkash Team With Ripple on eWallet Remittances
Blockchain-based global payments provider Ripple announced it has entered into an arrangement under which Malaysian mobile wallet provider Mobile Money, and bKash, a provider of mobile financial services to more than 45 million people in Bangladesh, will conduct transactions through the RippleNet network.
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- Finance
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Kenyan Startup Launches M-Health App to Ease Access to Healthcare Professionals
Kenyan startup Play Zuri Health has launched its mobile app, Zuri Health, which aims to provide certified, affordable and accessible healthcare solutions via mobile.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Lake Turkana Wind Power to Take Full Advantage of Digitization
Software as a service company Clir Renewables has today announced a partnership agreement with the Kenyan-based Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP).
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy
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Total to Acquire 20% Stake in Adani Green Energy for US $2.5 Billion
Total France, a global energy major, will pick up a 20 per cent stake in Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), the renewable power company of Adani Enterprises, by way of acquisition of shares held by the Adani Promoter Group (APG).
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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Nigeria’s Daystar Power Secures US $38 Million Series B Investment Led by IFU
The round was led by the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), the Danish development finance institution (DFI). IFU is joined by new investors STOA, a French impact infrastructure fund, Proparco, the French DFI, backed by a guarantee from the European Union under the African Renewable Energy Scale-Up facility (ARE Scale-Up) and Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, scale
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