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Report: Africa’s Green Transition to Create Up to 84 Million Jobs by 2050 but It Risks Embedding Inequality Without Urgent Action
Africa’s green transition could generate up to 84.5 million jobs by 2050 but without concerted policy action the benefits risk entrenching inequality rather than reducing it.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Beyond the Signal: Why Africa’s Next Telecom Era Will Be Built Beneath the Surface
The subsea cable buildout underway represents the most significant transformation in the continent’s digital infrastructure since mobile telephony arrived in the 1990s. But capacity without distribution remains an abstraction; redundancy without policy coordination remains a vulnerability.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Shell Foundation, the FCDO and Kinetic Green Announce Partnership to Pilot Electric Two and Three Wheelers for African Markets
The partnership is supported by catalytic capital provided by Shell Foundation and the FCDO through its RIDE programme and the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform. This
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- Energy, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: The Third Wave of American Philanthropy in Africa
According to Ben Hyman at Africa Jobs Fund, $5bn a year of new philanthropic capital may soon be coming to Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Buy-Now-Pay-Later Reshapes South Africa Credit Landscape
A recent report reveals that BNPL is evolving beyond a simple payment tool and is increasingly serving as an entry point into the formal credit system for millions of consumers.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, e-commerce, fintech, lending, research
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Holocene Closes Southern Africa’s First Dedicated Climate-Tech Fund
Holocene targets promising, local founders at the earliest stages, but who lack capital and hands-on operational support to get them to scale, especially in a nascent sector such as climate-tech.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Money Kenya Partners with ChildFund to Improve Education Access in Underserved Counties
The collaboration with ChildFund Kenya is expected to enhance educational opportunities and help equip children in underserved regions with better conditions to learn, grow, and reach their full potential.
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- Education, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- academia, infrastructure, partnerships, youth
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Press Release: 3IF Ventures Reaches USD $12 Million First Close to Scale Africa’s Inclusive Insurance Market
Africa’s insurance protection gap is one of the most underserved opportunities but also one of the most significant barriers to economic resilience on the continent.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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