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Press Release: Virunga Power Launches New Country-Scale Distribution Utility in Burundi
The creation of a new privately-owned and operated electricity distribution company will bring grid power to almost 70% of Burundi’s population.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zanifu Raises $11.2 Million to Scale Its Inventory Financing Offering in Kenya
The fintech provides inventory credit to retailers, and the new funding will enable it to expand the solution to distributors too.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- distribution, financial inclusion, fintech, lending, MSMEs, scale, startups
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Kasha Raises $21 Million Series B Led by Knife Capital to Expand Health Access Platform Across Africa
Kasha provides a digital retail and last-mile distribution platform for pharmaceuticals and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs).
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indonesia’s Baskit Secures $3.3 Million Seed Round to Digitize Distribution Infrastructure for SMEs
By helping SMEs in their digital transformation, Baskit aims to create more efficient supply chains efficiency and access to financing.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Analyzing Menstrual Health and Hygiene Through a Market-Based Lens: A New Report Assesses the Landscape in the Global South
Around the world, roughly 1.8 billion people menstruate — and over 300 million are menstruating on any given day. Yet as Lucie Klarsfeld, Jeanne Charbit and Louise Berthault at Hystra explain, menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is an overlooked topic in global development, and there's a lack of research about the market for menstrual products in the Global South. They share findings from a new Hystra report that addresses this knowledge gap by assessing the market for MHH solutions in eight emerging economies.
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- WASH
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Brazil’s Seedz to Expand Agribusiness Platform to North America to Bring More Farmers Online
Brazil-based Seedz is bringing its digital agribusiness marketplace that connects agribusinesses with farmers to North America.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- agtech, data, distribution, infrastructure, scale
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African B2B E-Commerce Startup Sabi Tops $300 Million Valuation in New Funding
Sabi is providing digital commerce infrastructure to Africa’s informal economy.
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- Finance, Technology
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First Project Under IFC’s Global Food Security Platform to Tackle Food Insecurity in Bangladesh, Improve Farmers’ Livelihoods
IFC is providing up to $35 million to Tanveer Food Limited (TFL) to help ensure food security and improve the incomes of more than 123,000 smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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