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IFC Partners with Absa Bank Ghana and Complete Farmer to Expand Agricultural Finance in Ghana
Supported by the Private Sector Window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), the facility will finance purchases of traceable cocoa from farmers across Ghana. It will also support more sustainable farming practices aligned with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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US Agency to Invest $155 Million in African Digital Infrastructure Firm WIOCC
Washington has increasingly backed telecommunications and digital infrastructure projects in Africa as it seeks to provide alternatives to Chinese technology providers like Huawei, including through a $100 million loan to U.S.-owned telecoms operator Africell.
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- Investing, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: GSMA Warns of Growing AI Divide as Smartphone Costs Rise in Emerging Markets
The report highlights a growing threat to digital inclusion: a sharp increase in the cost of smartphone memory and chipsets, driven by global demand for AI infrastructure and data centres.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NADF, German Firm Partner on Climate-Resilient Agricultural Finance
"The partnership is also expected to support the development of new or improved financial products for smallholder farmers, particularly those designed around the growing risks posed by climate change to agricultural production."
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PIDG and Impact Fund Denmark Invest $11.5 Million in Africa GreenCo
Africa GreenCo is a regional energy trader and intermediary offtaker. It buys electricity from renewable energy producers and sells it to utilities, private-sector customers and markets within the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). The
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Shuttlers Launches Shared Door-to-Door Car Service for Lagos Commuters
With over 10 million journeys completed, more than 11,000 daily riders, and over 430 buses operating daily, Shuttlers is building the infrastructure for the future of urban mobility in Africa.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- infrastructure, startups
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Why is Uber Pulling out of Some African Markets?
Uber’s exits from Nigeria and Uganda highlight the growing challenges of making ride-hailing work in Africa.
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- Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, gig economy
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Yadea Targets Africa Growth with Spiro Partnership on Electric Mobility
Together, the companies aim to build a scalable, commercially sustainable EV framework serving millions of commercial fleet operators, delivery services, logistics providers, and daily commuters in Africa’s fastest-growing mobility markets.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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