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Japanese VCs Launch USD $20 Million Early-Stage Startup Fund for Africa & MENA
The fund will invest in four key sectors: finance, mobility, distribution, and sustainability. Furthermore, it will focus on areas such as mobile payments, microlending, digital retail, logistics, and agri-tech.
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- Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Symbiotics Launches $5 Million Gender Sukuk With Kashf Foundation, Pakistan
Kashf Foundation is driven by its mission to deliver high-quality and sustainable microfinance services to low-income families and female micro-entrepreneurs.
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- Investing
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- North Africa & Near East
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Analysis: A Forest Garden Project Attempts to Expand Into the Sahel
A project in the Sahel and East Africa claims to fight both soil erosion and poverty through regenerative agroforestry.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- North Africa & Near East
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Noon and Flyby Partner to Offer Mobile Digital-Out-Of-Home Ads on Last-Mile Delivery Fleet
Flyby’s Smart Delivery Box will be deployed across noon’s fleet — including noon Minutes and noon Food delivery bikes — turning these moving assets into a data-driven advertising platform.
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- Transportation
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- North Africa & Near East
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Egyptian Femtech Platform Motherbeing Secures $200,000 Investment from Madica’s African Startup Fund
The platform features an AI health assistant offering bilingual expert-approved answers to health questions.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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BII Announces $75 Million Facility With HBL to Enhance Food Security and Farmers’ Climate Resilience in Pakistan
Funding from the facility will be directed towards the agriculture sector, which contributes 24 per cent to Pakistan’s GDP and employs 37 per cent of its workforce, including being the largest employer of women.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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DisrupTech Ventures Leads USD 1.7 Million Pre-Seed For Egyptian-Founded Crypto Startup
DisrupTech’s investment in Hamilton marks a strategic move beyond its focus on Egyptian fintech to the blockchain space and global markets.
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- Technology
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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- blockchain, cryptocurrency, fintech, startups
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Guyana National Digital ID Project Gets $4.8 Million in 2025 Budget
The billion-dollar infusion comes as part of a push by the current government to implement e-governance and advance digital transformation in key sectors such as healthcare, education, and transportation.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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