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Wiocc Secures R540-Million Equity Investment for Expansion in Africa
This investment supports our goal of establishing an integrated, open-access, core-to-edge cloud ecosystem throughout the African continent.
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- Investing, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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From One Crisis to Another: Using Data from COVID to Meet the Looming Challenge of Food Insecurity
Due to a tragic combination of events, countries around the world are facing a widespread and serious food shortage, with the number of severely hungry people projected to swell to 323 million over the course of 2022. Scott Graham, Andree Simon and Anahit Tevosyan at FINCA share data – initially gathered to inform FINCA's COVID-19 response – that shows the impact of this crisis on low-income customers. They explore how financial inclusion organizations can adapt their support to help customers stave off the worst effects of the escalating food crisis.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Environment, Finance
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Bayer Launches Digital Platform Forground for Sustainable Farming
Agricultural seeds and chemicals maker Bayer launched a digital farming platform on Monday that it says will help US growers enact environmentally friendly practices.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- North America
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- data
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IFC Invests Another $35 Million Into Brazil’s Odata
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested a further $35 million into Brazilian data center firm OData.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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- accelerators, data, impact investing, scale
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Press Release: DFC Disburses $83 Million for Africa Data Centres to Expand ICT Infrastructure in South Africa
This marks the first disbursement of an up to $300 million loan for Africa Data Centres, boosting Information and Communications Technology infrastructure across Africa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, infrastructure, partnerships
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SaaS Firm SquadStack Raises $17.5 Million led by Bertelsmann India Investments
The startup aims to utilise the funding to hire top talent and strengthen its workforce for expansion. It also plans to increase its sales experts base and further expand into new verticals.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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OS-Climate Unleashes Power of Open Source to Develop Data and Tools Required to Meet the Paris Climate Goals
Linux Foundation’s OS-Climate has released for public collaboration three analytic tools critical to tackling the climate crisis.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Global
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- climate change, data
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Indonesia’s Pintarnya Raises $8 Million Seed Fund From East Ventures and VVSEAI
Pintarnya, one-stop digital platform for blue collar workers to find employment opportunities in Indonesia, announced a new funding round.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- data, digital inclusion
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