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Analysis: Nigeria Is Making Progress With Financial Inclusion: Here’s How
In developing economies, many people are excluded in various ways from financial services. Including them is necessary for three main reasons.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Shell to Offload Onshore Nigerian Oil Assets in a Move to Cleaner Energy
Petroleum giant, Shell, will offload the last of its Nigerian assets in an effort to move towards cleaner energy.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Mono Raises Millions to Power the Internet Economy in Africa
Three months later, the startup has a different mission: to power the internet economy in Africa. It has closed $2 million in seed investment toward that goal.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: The Mandela Rhodes Foundation Launches $80K Äänit Prize for Social Impact in Africa
The Äänit Prize will award up to $80 000 per year to projects and organisations that can deliver positive social impact in Africa.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CDC Group Commits USD $100 Million to African Farmers
United Kingdom government-owned development finance institution CDC Group will be providing a debt commitment of USD 100 million to agricultural conglomerate Export Trading Group.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- ESG, impact investing
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South Africa: Lesedi to Convert Plastics Into Electricity via Pyrolysis
Lesedi Nuclear Services has been appointed by Kibo Energy to build the EPC for the waste-to-energy plastics plants using pyrolysis technology in South Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation, recycling
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African Guarantee Fund Secures $20 Million Capital Increase for Green SME Financing
African Guarantee Fund has today received a capital increase of USD 20 million from the Danish Investment Fund.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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African Fintech Startups Still Face Major Funding Gaps
The number of early-stage deals among African fintech startups is increasing, but the average size of the deals remains low compared to that of other regions, and funding gaps persist at the early stages, according to a new report on the industry in emerging markets.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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