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Why Does African Health-Tech Have a Funding Problem?
Health tech has become a pressing need in Africa because governments haven’t treated public health with enough urgency.
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- Finance, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sony Ventures Announces $10 Million Investment in African Entertainment Startups
The funding support will first go to early-stage startups in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana with a possibility of expanding the scope of the project in the future.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Funding to Ensure 370 Million Children Receive Polio Vaccinations and to Boost Health Innovation in Low-Income Countries
To promote swift progress towards eradicating wild poliovirus, the partnership aims to deliver €500 million in payments to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – specifically the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Successful Pilot Shows Localised Repair as Viable Solution to 91% Of Non-functioning Solar Lights Across Zambia
In their pilot programme, SolarAid tested decentralised local repair models, which they discovered built trust in the rural communities and further benefited local business and speed of repair.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Climate Finance Startup Pyrpose Opens Public Beta Enabling Consumers to Directly Support Climate Innovators
The Pyrpose platform allows consumers to understand their own carbon footprint and enables them to take action to tackle climate change.
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- Environment, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Report: 95% of Fintech Apps Across Africa Immediately Expose Valuable, Exploitable Secrets
Approov, the end-to-end mobile security provider, released a report showing that 95 percent of the most popular African banking and financial services apps contain easy-to-extract secrets.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Wind Energy Playing Key Role in Africa’s Energy Supply but Transformational Potential Still Untapped, Finds GWEC Report
The report details the benefits of wind energy development on the continent, with case studies that explore job creation, grid stabilisation and the expansion of complementary technologies like hydropower and solar.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC Invests $50 Million in New LeapFrog Fund to Bolster Health, Financial Services Businesses in Africa
The latest fund will focus on growing businesses in healthcare and financial services by helping companies adopt digital solutions and offer new products that can reach underserved segments of the population.
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- Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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