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Vietnam’s Kamereo Secures $7.8 Million Series B Funding to Accelerate Growth
With this latest funding round, the total amount raised by the company is now exceeding $15 million.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: Ignite Power’s Subsidiary Westa Solar Secures $15 Million Investment from AFRIGREEN to Expand Across Africa’s C&I Sector
This agreement will drive the company’s mission to accelerate the adoption of solar energy in the region, starting with a focus on Nigeria.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Rethinking Africa’s Infrastructure Gap: Innovation Ecosystems as the Key to Sustainable Growth
Efosa Ojomo and Mara Hansen Staples argue that investments in infrastructure must be paired with investments in innovation ecosystems.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan Workers With AI Jobs Thought They Had Tickets to the Future Until the Grim Reality Set In
Being overworked, underpaid, and ill-treated is not what Kenyan workers had in mind when they were lured by U.S. companies with jobs in AI.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ghanaian Agtech Oyster Agribusiness Closes $2 Million to Expand Operation
This fresh capital injection will allow Oyster Agribusiness to expand its operations, reach more farmers, and scale its climate-smart agricultural initiatives.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Techstars Lagos Shuts Down After Two Years and 24 Investments
Techstars, a global venture capital accelerator with over 4,500 portfolio companies, partnered with Nigerian-based ARM Labs to bring its three-month program to Lagos for the first time in December 2022.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ID Verification Company Equal Bags $10 Million in First Institutional Raise
Equal is building a platform which helps businesses streamline their know your customer (KYC) processes and prevent fraud, thereby assisting in regulatory compliance through integration with about 50 identity databases.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Green Jet Fuel Producers Are Crossing a Daunting Climate Tech Barrier
Pat Gruber learned the hard way how difficult it can be to raise money for novel climate tech. When he went to apply for a US federal loan to build a big new SAF factory, he thought the money would be easy to lock in. It wasn’t.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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