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Analysis: COVID-19 and the Future of Work in Africa’s Mobile Industry – What the Experts Say
In 2019, the GSMA conducted research on Powering Youth Employment through the Mobile Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2025. Since then, the world’s employment market has experienced unprecedented uncertainties because of COVID-19.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Future Africa Invested $1 Million Across 9 African Startups in Q3 2020
Future Africa, a platform that provides capital, coaching, and community for African innovators, just announced that it invested a total of $1 million in nine African startups in the third quarter of this year.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, impact investing, startups
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Nigerian Government Launches Digital Skill Acquisition, Employability, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Initiative
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports has launched the DEEL initiative aimed at giving Nigerian Youth an added advantage and a competitive edge in the global workforce.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: According To a New Siemens Stiftung Study, Social Enterprises Are Expected To Create Much Needed Jobs in Africa
The comprehensive analysis in 12 selected African countries estimates that, by 2030, 1 million new jobs can be created by local social enterprises (SEs).
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Visa and STEMpower Partner To Drive Financial Inclusion and Job Creation in Ethiopia
A Bulgarian startup has found remote work in the AI industry for hundreds of refugees in the Balkans and the Middle East.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Interview: Building Resilience by Shortening Supply Chains
Oumar Barou Togola is founder and executive chair of Farafena, a Vancouver-based social enterprise that imports and sells grain, flour and other food products grown by women farmers in the African nations of Mali and Malawi.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Recovering the Missing Millions Owed To Africa’s Minigrids
Only a tiny percentage of international donor cash is going to projects, and it’s especially bad in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Tech Investors in Africa Coped With the Changes Enforced by COVID-19
Last week’s virtual Africa Tech Summit Connects event brought together a host of African tech investors to discuss trends, challenges and opportunities in the wake of COVID-19, and all agreed that the way they do business has been altered by the pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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