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Novastar Ventures Closes $147 Million Fund for African Startups
The fund will invest across stages, typically entering at pre-Series A through Series B, where companies have achieved early product-market fit but still carry significant risk.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Carbon Capture in Rural South Africa: Projects Show How Fighting Climate Change Can Create Rural Jobs – Research
Our research found that rural carbon capture and storage projects can be more than narrow climate interventions. They can also create broad, real-world gains for people and ecosystems.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change, employment, forests, research
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Shell Foundation and Startup Discovery School Launch the West Africa Aggregator Service Platform to Boost the Incomes of Women Smallholder Farmers
It will test service-based, shared and layaway delivery models designed to reduce upfront costs, distribute risk and make proven agricultural technologies viable for women farmers.
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- Agriculture, Education, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: The Lab Selects Eight New Climate Finance Solutions Expected to Unlock USD $600 Million for Emerging Markets
The selected initiatives will undergo seven months of incubation and stress testing, receiving technical support and guidance from experts within the Lab’s extensive network of public and private investors. After that, they will be eligible to receive grant funding of up to USD 250,000 to move from design to implementation.
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- Agriculture
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Accelerating Climate-Health: How the Sector Can Become Africa’s Next Strategic Investment Frontier
Africa faces a growing dual challenge at the critical nexus of climate and healthcare, as countries and health systems that are already strained by chronic underinvestment must now also deal with climate-related shocks and disease burdens. As Rajat Chabba at the William Davidson Institute and Martin Slawek at Open Capital Advisors explain, without targeted investment in integrated climate-health solutions, these health systems risk becoming overwhelmed, undermining public health and climate resilience across the region. But they also argue that these pressures create a clear opportunity for investors, businesses, and public and development-sector players. They explore why climate-health presents a compelling investment case in Africa.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care, Investing
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Press Release: Persistent Launches US $70 Million Persistent Africa Climate Venture Builder Fund and $5 Million Venture Building Facility
The launch of the Fund comes against the backdrop of Africa facing a disproportionate share of climate risk while receiving only a small fraction of global climate financing.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing
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- Global
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Global Water Crisis Aggravated by Gender Inequalities According to New UN Report
Despite decades of progress, inequalities continue to compromise global water security, disproportionally impacting women and girls, who despite of being the main collectors of water, continue to be excluded from water management and leadership roles.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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World Bank Approves $35 Million for Djibouti as Water Crisis Deepens Across Horn of Africa
Djibouti has secured fresh World Bank funding to tackle one of the most severe water shortages in the Horn of Africa, as climate pressures deepen across the region.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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