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HAVAÍC Reaches $25 Million Second Close for African Tech Fund
The fund, targeting a final close of $50 million, focuses on early-stage, post-revenue technology startups born in Africa with global potential.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Orange Money and JUMO Partner to Offer Small Loans Across Africa
Orange Money Group and banking-as-a-service financial provider JUMO have partnered to enhance digital financial services across Africa through a new small loan function.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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LeapFrog Investments Makes Full Exit of Goodlife Pharmacy
LeapFrog Investments has exited its stake from Goodlife Pharmacy, East Africa’s largest retail pharmacy platform, to CFAO Healthcare, a leading distributor of pharmaceutical and medical products in Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Africa’s Climate Adaption: How Zimbabwe Is Reimagining Agriculture?
Climate change intensifies health risks, water shortages, and ecological threats, affecting livelihoods, wildlife and children.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Akurateco and Enza Join Forces to Revolutionize Digital Payments Across Africa
Akurateco and enza join forces to accelerate digital payment innovation and financial inclusion across Africa with cutting-edge white-label technology.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AfDB’s Sustainable Energy Fund For Africa to Boost Electric Cooking Expansion
This programme makes clean cooking appliances more affordable and accessible by prefinancing induction cookers and recovering costs through carbon credit sales in the voluntary market.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Takealot Group Expands Mr D Into On-Demand Marketplace Beyond Food Delivery
Originally focused on restaurant food delivery, Mr D began its pivot during the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdowns disrupted the restaurant industry.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tradeable Impact Credits Could Boost Social Funding, Report Says
Trading impact credits based on social outcomes is proving a success in some places and should be scaled up to offset constraints on social funding, according to a new report developed by the Schwab Foundation, South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s Center for Social Value Enhancement Studies(CSES) and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
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- Social Enterprise
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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