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Visible From Space: New Research on Zipline’s Impact in Africa Beyond Healthcare
The findings document a 22% reduction in child fatalities from severe acute malnutrition, a 68% direct return on investment for smallholder pig farmers, and $850 to $1,200 in additional annual household income near Zipline distribution hubs.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Record Sales Highlight Off-Grid Solar’s Critical Role in Electrification
The East Africa region and Nigeria experienced the highest sales, with subsidies and results-based financing (RBF) programmes helping expand affordability and accelerate market expansion, pushing sales of products purchased through pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) up by almost 50%.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN Leads Bid to Share African Digital Infrastructure Costs
The GSMA, the industry’s main lobby group, has reinforced the message, calling for “urgent, coordinated action” between governments, regulators and companies to treat telecoms as infrastructure and adopt a “shared responsibility.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN Report Warns AI’s Water, Land and Climate Costs Are Rising Faster Than Governance
AI-related water consumption could equal the basic annual domestic needs of 1.3 billion people by the end of the decade.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Africa Jobs Fund Launched to Mobilise $100 Million Philanthropic Investment to Boost Workers’ Incomes
The AJF launches as a fund of Renaissance Philanthropy, the non-profit founded by former White House science advisors Tom Kalil and Kumar Garg to design and run time-bound, thesis-driven philanthropic funds led by field experts.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: AI Offers Promise for Agriculture, but Smallholder Farmers Risk Being Left Behind
Precision tools lift yields in rich countries, but without finance, training and data rights, small farmers in poorer regions may miss out.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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WFP and Government of Nepal Launch Innovation Accelerator for Climate and Food Security
The accelerator supports local start-ups to pilot and scale solutions across the food system, including solar-powered irrigation and clean energy solutions, digital advisory platforms for farmers, satellite-based insurance and climate data tools and market and value chain innovations for smallholders.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Cascador Pitch Day 2026: Over $5 Million Deployed to Seven Transformative & Impactful Entrepreneurs In Nigeria
Cascador’s ScaleUp Program works with an elite cohort of entrepreneurs to strengthen leadership, sharpen strategy, and prepare founders to scale sustainably.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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