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Nordic Development Fund Approves $8.8 Million Grant for African Water Facility
The Nordic Development Fund (NDF) has approved $8.8 million in grant funding to the African Water Facility for projects in the Sahel and Horn of Africa.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Press Release: Almost 2 Billion People Depend on Health Care Facilities Without Basic Water Services – WHO, UNICEF
A lack of water puts health care workers and patients at higher risk of COVID-19 infection.
- Categories
- Coronavirus
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Press Release: DFC Approves Over $2.1 Billion in New Investments for Global Development
Projects aim to bolster energy security in Eastern Europe, trusted telecommunications networks in Africa, and the global response to COVID-19
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- Coronavirus, Investing, Telecommunications
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Press Release: The EU Should Make 2021 the “Super Year” for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe and Globally, Shows New Report by SDSN and IEEP
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) publish today the Europe Sustainable Development Report 2020, the second independent quantitative report on the progress of the European Union, its member states, and other European countries towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed by all UN member states in 2015.
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- Environment, Investing
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- global development, SDGs
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Press Release: AgTech Company SeeTree Raises $30 Million in Series B Funding Round to Scale Globally and Expand into New Crops
SeeTree, an AI-powered, end-to-end service that provides growers with intelligence on trees and tree clusters, announced today that it has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. This third round of funding, one of the largest investment rounds for an Israeli Agtech company, will allow SeeTree to scale globally, grow the R&D and customer-facing teams and broaden services to cover new crops.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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With Investors Expecting a Latin America Cryptocurrency Boom, Mexico’s Bitso Raises $62 Million
Six years after the launch of the Mexico-based cryptocurrency exchange and financial services platform Bitso, the company revealed it has closed on $62 million in financing to capitalize on the cryptocurrency boom investors expect to hit Latin America.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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$500 Million Asian Development Bank Loan to Expand Financial Inclusion in Indonesia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million policy-based loan to support the Government of Indonesia's efforts to expand financial access among micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises and marginalized groups such as women and youth.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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IFC and Kobo360 Partner to Support Innovative Solutions in Nigeria’s Agriculture and Health Sectors
The International Financial Corporation (IFC) in partnership with African e-logistics start-up, Kobo360 has announced a call for innovators all over the world to bring climate-smart, Temperature-Controlled Logistics (TCL) cooling solutions to Nigeria to help the country address food waste challenges, support its health sector, and reduce its energy consumption.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- startups
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