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Analysis: Unlocking Africa’s $1 Trillion Food Economy: The Role of Global Aid and Sustainable Technology
Global aid with strategic investments can help address systemic barriers to achieving Africa’s $1 trillion food economy by 2030.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Under-Leveraged Best Practices for Scaling Productive Use of Energy Appliances: Part 1 — Sales Support and Market Access
Productive Use of Energy (PUE) appliances can increase revenue for low-income populations, mitigate climate change and improve global energy access. But according to Thomas Charoy and Lucie Klarsfeld McGrath at Hystra, uptake of PUE appliances remains slow, due in part to the training, market linkages and after-sales support needed for customers to get the full benefit from these complex products. They explore some common challenges and best practices in selling PUE solutions, focusing on the appliances with the most mature and promising markets: solar water pumps and solar refrigerators.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Technology
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Reshaping Africa’s Food Systems: Three Opportunities to Drive Sustainable, Inclusive and Scalable Impact
Africa's agricultural sector is plagued by low yields, fragmented value chains and a large finance gap, and the region is home to 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. As Neil Wood, Oscar Garza and Hanna Dohrenbusch at Open Capital explain, these challenges have brought the sector to a critical juncture. They share three key solutions based on Open Capital's work on 450+ agriculture and food systems projects across Africa, which have the power to help drive the future of agriculture on the continent in the decades to come.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
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Press Release: Report: Heifer Africa’s New Report Shows Impact of Innovation, Catalytic Financing on Youth Job Creation and Farmers’ Incomes
Heifer Africa's new report unveils groundbreaking findings, highlighting the role of technology in driving agricultural transformation.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African VC Firm P1 Ventures Completes 2nd $35 Million Close of Fund II
Founded in 2020, P1 Ventures is a high-conviction investor on a mission to back Africa’s best entrepreneurs.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Varaha Raises $8.7 Million to Help Smallholders in Asia & Africa Transition to Climate-Friendly Farming Methods
India-based Varaha has raised $8.7 million in Series A funding for its full-stack climate tech that measures and quantifies carbon sequestration and emissions reduction for regenerative agriculture, afforestation and biochar projects.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan Agri-Fintech Startup Apollo Agriculture Secures $10 Million From Swedfund and ImpactConnect to Empower African Farmers
This capital injection will enable the company to empower more small-scale farmers with the tools and resources they need to increase their profits, adopt sustainable practices, and boost food security.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Navigating the Opportunities and Risks of Solar Irrigation: The Importance of Comprehensive Accounting and Smart Regulations
A realistic assessment of the technical and logistical costs, complexities, and expected returns from linking solar irrigation with carbon credit programs in LMICs should be undertaken to set realistic expectations.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech, energy access, food security, regulations, research, solar, water
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