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Indian Social Media Site Koo Launches in Nigeria After Twitter Ban
Indian social media and microblogging platform, Koo, has launched in Nigeria just days after the West African country banned Twitter indefinitely following its deletion of a tweet authored by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South African Partnership Gets $3 Million and Launches Telehealth Product
A new platform is launching out of South Africa and it wants to provide accessible quality care for Africans with its telehealth service.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Tony Elumelu Foundation Trains over 200,000 African Entrepreneurs across 54 African Countries
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has successfully trained over 200,000 entrepreneurs in core business management skills as part of its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- philanthropy
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IFC, German Ministry for Development, Partner to Strengthen Supply Chains for Smallholder Farmers in Africa
IFC and BMZ, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, launched a new program today that will leverage greater private sector investments to support the food production value chain across Africa and increase access to finance for rural farmers and businesses.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: G7 Development Finance Institutions and Multilateral Partners to Invest over $80 Billion into African Businesses over the Next Five Years
The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD, and the EIB today announced that they were committed to investing $80 billion in the private sector over the next five years to support sustainable economic recovery and growth in Africa.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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West Africa: $465 Million Approved for Regional Electricity Access
The World Bank Group has approved a regional electricity access project in West Africa for a total amount of $465 million.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Agritech Supplant Raises $10 Million to Accelerate South African Agriculture Growth
SupPlant, a leading precision agriculture hardware-software solution, has announced its recent funding round, raising $10-million partially dedicated to accelerating its penetration into the South African Market.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Africa CDC Launches Fellowship of Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Program
Through the Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Programme, fellows will acquire advanced competencies in leadership, governance, health diplomacy, and management of public health initiatives in Africa over the course of 12 months.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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