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NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2023: Announcing the Three Winners of our Annual Contest
As 2024 gets underway, we'd like to announce the results of NextBillion’s annual “Most Influential Article of the Year” contest. This year's contest featured a strong slate of articles, covering a diverse array of topics ranging from systems change to decarbonization, in sectors that included energy, agriculture, finance and more. We've highlighted the three winners, as selected by our readers, in this article.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Announcing NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2023: Cast Your Vote in our Annual Contest by Jan. 7!
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time for NextBillion’s annual tradition: our “Most Influential Articles of the Year” contest. As we've done since 2012, we've selected 12 of our most-read articles from the past year, inviting readers to vote for the ones that influenced their thinking the most. You can vote multiple times — up to once per hour — during the voting period, which will run from Dec. 22 to 11:59 pm on Jan. 7. Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous new year!
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Press Release: Africa Healthcare Network (AHN) Secures $20 Million in Funding Led by Africa50 and AfricInvest For A Continent-Wide Expansion
The funding will enable AHN to accelerate its growth and address significant gaps in the availability of high quality, affordable renal care across Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Company WATT Raises $13 Million Funding to Advance Renewable Energy Solutions
The US$13 million funding came from Empower New Energy, a renewable energy financier and co-developer that finances, builds and owns clean power plants for commercial, industrial and agricultural energy users.
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- Energy, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Apple and Acumen Launch Cohort to Help Uplift Lives of Poor While Protecting Environment
The program has been designed to help social entrepreneurs scale and refine their businesses to transform the lives of people living in poverty, while also protecting the environment.
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- Energy, Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Cassava Technologies and Atlas AI Partner to Drive Digital Transformation in Africa
Through this partnership, Cassava will be able to deliver cutting-edge AI development capabilities custom-built for its enterprise customers, catering to the unique needs of businesses on the African continent.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ADB Approves $500 Million Loan to Support Indonesia’s Development Agenda and Reform Priorities
The loan will support Indonesia’s development agenda and reform priorities in creating an enabling environment for investments.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Press Release: Masdar and Africa50 Join Forces to Accelerate Clean Energy Transition Across Africa
Ahead of COP28, Masdar commits to unlock 10 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy projects for millions of people across Africa by 2030.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- accelerators, infrastructure, renewable energy, scale, solar, wind