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Africa’s Innovations Are Overlooked Because Global Measures Don’t Fit: What Needs to Change
By 2020 at least 25 African countries had a national policy framework for science, technology and innovation. This compares with only about 8 in 2010.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Targets Network Expansion, Mobile Money in Safaricom Battle
Kenya’s second-largest telecoms company grew faster than its larger rival in the first four months of this year, but wants to ramp that pace up.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Green Alpha Investments Appoints Sustainable Finance Pioneer Erika Karp as President and Partner
As President, Karp will lead strategic partnerships and business development while working closely with the investment team to expand Green Alpha's reach and impact.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Senegal’s Eyone Medical Raises $3 Million to Digitise West Africa’s Health Records
The platform is used in over 60 healthcare institutions across Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, and France.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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HAVAÍC Reaches $25 Million Second Close for African Tech Fund
The fund, targeting a final close of $50 million, focuses on early-stage, post-revenue technology startups born in Africa with global potential.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Redefining Fairness: How Second-Degree Price Discrimination Can Bring Greater Access to Essential Goods and Services in Emerging Markets
Second-degree price discrimination is a pricing model in which customers are offered a lower price point in exchange for a lower level of quality or convenience, or a lower price per unit in exchange for purchasing a larger amount of the product. According to Wasiu Akintunde at Texas Tech University, this approach can benefit not only businesses, but also governments, NGOs and the communities they serve. He explores how this pricing model can be designed ethically and effectively to bring necessary products and services to multiple income segments in emerging markets.
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- Energy, Technology
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LeapFrog Investments Makes Full Exit of Goodlife Pharmacy
LeapFrog Investments has exited its stake from Goodlife Pharmacy, East Africa’s largest retail pharmacy platform, to CFAO Healthcare, a leading distributor of pharmaceutical and medical products in Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC, BOAD and BII Invest in West Africa’s First Multi-Country Securitization to Boost MSME Financing
Proceeds from the XOF52 billion ($90.4 million) bond will help NSIA Banque Benin expand its MSME loan portfolio across Benin, Senegal, and Togo.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa