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Nigeria’s Zebra CropBank Attracts Funding to Bolster Africa’s Small-Scale Farmers
The funding is aimed at expanding Zebra CropBank’s activities, predominantly via the deployment of solar-powered micro-warehouses.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwanda Launches $2 Million Facility to Provide Financial and Technical Support to Agritech Startups
The allocation of funds is set to tackle food-related challenges in the nation and stimulate innovation in East Africa.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Upcycled Cacao Fruit Juice, Anyone? Investors Gave Swiss-Ghanaian Startup $15 Million to Scale Koa Pure
The upcycled cacao startup makes products from the fruit of the plant, and its latest investment round involves both returning and new investors.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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LeapFrog Commits $500 Million to Drive Climate Innovation in Africa and Emerging Asia
LeapFrog’s approach to climate action involves directing investments toward businesses that offer eco-friendly solutions and technologies, particularly for emerging consumer markets.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- agtech, climate change, solar
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PUE at the BoP: Three Approaches To Making Productive Uses Of Energy Accessible To All
Productive Use of Energy (PUE) technologies, such as solar water pumps, refrigeration and sewing machines, are crucial for helping smallholder farmers and other microentrepreneurs generate incomes. But as Christopher Emmott at Acumen explains, the high up-front costs of PUE appliances prevent many people at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) from purchasing them. He shares some innovative approaches and business models that can enable vulnerable communities to access these life-changing technologies.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Social Enterprise, Technology
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EchoVC Has a $2.5 Million Fund and It’s Not for Fintech Startups
Energy and climate-tech startups have attracted more investments from venture capital firms this year, displacing investments into fintech companies.
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- Agriculture, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Rise of Embedded Finance in Africa: Three Fintech Innovators Highlight its Potential to Boost Financial Inclusion and Business Growth on the Continent
In Egypt and other African countries, recent years have seen growing usage of fintech tools to boost financial inclusion. Basil Moftah at Nclude explores the impact of one such tool: embedded finance, in which a financial product is placed within a non-financial product, customer experience or platform. He discusses how the emergence of embedded finance is revolutionizing business operations and providing a catalyst for digitization and growth, across sectors ranging from hospitality to agriculture and pharmaceuticals.
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- Finance
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Nigeria’s UfarmX Expands to Senegal to Power Next Generation of Farmers Through Blockchain
Nigerian agri-tech startup UfarmX leverages blockchain technology to empower rural, unbanked and underserved smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa