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Press Release: Goodwell Supports Agricultural Innovation in West Africa with Complete Farmer Investment
CF’s insights give farmers an advantage from the start, introducing modern farming techniques and data-driven cultivation protocols to improve productivity and reduce post-harvest losses.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech, data, innovation, smallholder farmers
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Press Release: African Development Fund Approves $20 Million to Improve Business Environment and Drive Investments to Climate-Smart Agriculture in Mozambique
The programme is expected to help stimulate the development of agribusiness and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as finance efforts to mainstream gender and climate action initiatives into economic development.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: CrossBoundary Access’ Blended Finance Model Attracts $10 Million for Mini-Grids from African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA)
Africa’s first blended finance facility for mini-grids, CrossBoundary Access, announced $10 million in new funding commitments from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA).
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- Energy, Environment, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Wildmender Partners with the Rainforest Alliance to Help Gamers Play in Harmony with Nature
Partnership will empower the world’s 1.8 billion gamers to learn about their impact on the planet and show them what they can do to help save it.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC Leads $5 Million Extension Round in Ivorian SAAS E-Commerce Platform ANKA
ANKA said it will use the fresh investment to strengthen product development and expand services, particularly in its key markets: Nigeria, Kenya and the U.S.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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29 African Healthcare Supply Chain Startups Receive Funding, Support from i3 Programme
The 29 startups chosen operate in 21 different African countries, delivering digitally-enabled healthcare supply chain solutions.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Complete Farmer, a Ghanaian Agritech Startup, Gets $10.4 Million Pre-series A Funding to Streamline Operations
The startup aims to revolutionise African farming practices by developing the necessary physical and technical infrastructure to boost efficiency along the entire value chain of agriculture.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Big Pharma’s Johnson & Johnson Under Investigation in South Africa over ‘Excessive’ Drug Prices
An investigation has been opened based on information that the companies “may have engaged in exclusionary practices and excessive pricing” of the tuberculosis drug bedaquiline.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- distribution
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