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Viewpoint: Who Really Uses Her Mobile Money Account?
While men generally operated mobile money directly, the women they interviewed in rural Ghana were largely dependent on an intermediary to complete even the simplest transaction: a husband, a daughter, a neighbor or a local agent.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Poor Battery Recycling Drives Lead Poisoning Risks in Africa’s Solar Energy Boom
Lead-acid batteries are widely used in many low-income markets because they are cheaper than alternatives like lithium-ion batteries, but safely recycling them requires costly infrastructure that is often lacking.
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- Environment, Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa’s Firms are Not Growing—New Data Reveal a Jobs Challenge
Across 48 Sub-Saharan African economies, a firm that has operated for nearly three decades employs barely twice the workers it had at birth. The gap relative to high-income economies is large, structural, and costly.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, Telecommunications, Transportation, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Digital Initiative to Support Alternative Livelihoods in South Africa’s Coal-Mining Communities
TechnoServe's new initiative will leverage educational technology to help entrepreneurs in coal-dependent communities build businesses and create jobs.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Competition to Provide Satellite Internet Heats Up in Africa
The GSMA, the global mobile industry trade body, found sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s largest usage gap for mobile internet — 60% of its population lives within mobile broadband coverage but can’t get online due to various barriers, with handset costs cited as the biggest factor.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ghana Deepens Spain Partnership to Scale Tomato Production and Cut Import Reliance
Ghana has entered into a new agribusiness partnership with Spain to strengthen domestic tomato production and reduce reliance on imports.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan Firm Sacks More Than 1,000 Workers After Losing Meta Contract
Meta paused work with Sama last month after allegations about staff viewing private scenes filmed by smart glasses.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Madica Expands Portfolio with $600K Investment in Three African Startups
Launched in 2022, Madica is a sector-agnostic investment program designed to address structural gaps in Africa's startup ecosystem.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- startups, venture capital
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