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ANDE Announces Winners of the Second Round of the Advancing Women’s Empowerment Fund
The fund will allow three organizations to test models to increase investment into women-led small and growing businesses in western, southern, and eastern Africa.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Chat for Impact Summit Powered by WhatsApp Names Final 10 Social Justice Organizations to Join Impact Accelerator
A panel of five independent judges has selected the 10 organizations that will join the Chat for Impact Summit’s Accelerator, enabling each one to build and launch a WhatsApp messaging service that enhances their work to advance social justice and equality.
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- Technology
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- Global
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Boomitra Raises $4 Million from Yara Growth Ventures
Boomitra is working on accelerating carbon removal from the atmosphere on a global scale, through agricultural soils.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- North America
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Kenyan E-commerce Startup Sky.Garden Raises $4 Million Series A Funding Round
Sky.Garden, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for mobile commerce that is built specifically for African businesses, has closed a US $4 million round of Series A funding to accelerate its growth.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Healthtech Startup, CribMD, Closes $2.6 Million Seed Round for Product Growth and Team Expansion
Founded in June 2020, Nigerian healthtech startup, CribMD has closed a $2.6 million seed round led by US-based VC, Sputnik ATX; Swedish accelerator, Norrsken; and mass media company, The Guardian Nigeria.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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HER Digital Academy Announces First Fully Online Global School for Women to Launch Careers in Tech
HER Digital Academy is helping women across the world upskill and re-train individually, while also partnering with workplaces to build accelerator programs for startup founders
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Global
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- accelerators, education, engineering, skills training, startups, tech, Women
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African Fintech Startups Still Face Major Funding Gaps
The number of early-stage deals among African fintech startups is increasing, but the average size of the deals remains low compared to that of other regions, and funding gaps persist at the early stages, according to a new report on the industry in emerging markets.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN’s WeEmpowerAsia Launches Accelerator for Female Entrepreneurs in the Care Sector
UN Women’s WeEmpowerAsia program has announced the launch of a new accelerator to support female entrepreneurs.
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- Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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