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Press Release: Ignite Power Signs Agreement to Acquire ENGIE Energy Access; Combined Entity to Launch as Ignite Energy Access
This transaction will create Africa’s largest provider of the full range of distributed renewable energy (DRE) solutions.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gates Foundation-Backed I3 to Invest $1.6 Million in 15 African Healthtech Startups
The initiative will give $50,000 equity free grants to ten early stage startups and up to $225,000 each to five early stage startups who are solving problems in healthcare delivery, pharmacy services, and product distribution.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: IFC Partners with Sol Agora to Expand Access to Solar Financing and Diversify Brazil’s Energy Mix
Sol Agora is a fintech provider of long-term financing for micro and mini-distributed solar power generation assets across Brazil.
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- Energy, Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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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
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- South Asia
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Elchemy Secures $5.6 Million in Funding Prime Venture Partners, Others
Elchemy is a cross-border specialty chemical distribution platform based in Mumbai.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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IFC Invests in Grupo Farmanova Intermed to Expand Access to Affordable and Quality Medications in Central America and the Caribbean
The IFC financing—a loan with an option to convert into a minority equity stake in the company—will enable GFI to consolidate all its operations in a state-of-the-art logistics and administrative center.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Latin America
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Developing Vaccine Infrastructure in the Age of COVID Fatigue: How Strengthening Influenza Vaccination Systems Can Prepare Us for the Next Pandemic
It's widely known in the global health community that we must prepare for the inevitable emergence of another pandemic. But as Joseph Bresee at the Task Force for Global Health explains, this threat no longer feels urgent to many people who are still exhausted from fighting COVID-19 and other global threats. And though advances in vaccine development provide reasons for hope, building the systems that deliver them is difficult and time-consuming. He explores how stabilizing and expanding global influenza vaccine delivery systems can prepare the world for a more effective response to future pandemics.
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- Health Care
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Press Release: SolarAid and UNSW Launch “State of Repair” Report, Setting the Stage for the Future of Off-Grid Solar Repair Services
Since 2008, SolarAid has worked to repair non-functioning solar products, starting with early projects in Malawi.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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