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GlobalTix Secures S$6.5 Million Funding to Accelerate AI-Driven Expansion in Travel Technology
The latest funding will play a crucial role in fueling GlobalTix’s ambitious expansion plans.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Ignite Power Agrees to Terms for Carbon Off-Take Agreement with SEFE, Advancing Goal to Connect 100 Million by 2030
Ignite Power is a leading distributed renewable energy (DRE) provider in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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One Village at a Time: A Women-Led Model for Bringing Digital Services and Financial Inclusion to Rural Bangladesh
Women customers constitute a huge market in rural Bangladesh, where many men have migrated to cities or foreign lands in search of work. Garima Singh at FinValue Advisors explores how the Bangladeshi financial services company Zaytoon Business Solutions is expanding access to digital financial and government services in rural communities — while boosting women's empowerment and employment — by extending its agent network to include "village digital booths" staffed by local women.
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- Finance
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Kenya Awards $1.3 Billion Power Concession to Adani Group and AFRICA50
The strategic initiative will substantially enhance the country’s power distribution network.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bengaluru Prefers Electric Vehicles for Last Mile Delivery
For 98.1% of respondents from Bengaluru, EV transition of fleets by companies is ‘very important’ to ‘somewhat important’ in reducing air pollution and emissions, according to a study by Sustainability Mobility Network.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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Wasoko and MaxAB Jump Through Hoops to Complete Africa’s Largest Tech Merger
The deal could reshape B2B e-commerce by consolidating resources and expanding service offerings.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mpox Vaccines Likely Months Away Even as WHO, Africa CDC Discuss Emergency
While experts hoped the meetings would galvanise action worldwide, many obstacles remain, including limited vaccine supply, funding and competing disease outbreaks.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Food Safety Scandal Rocks China as Report Claims Cooking Oil Carried in Same Trucks as Fuel
The scandal implicates China’s largest grain storage and transport company Sinograin, and private conglomerate Hopefull Grain and Oil Group.
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- Agriculture, WASH
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- Asia Pacific