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Press Release: MIX’s 2020 Inclusive Fintech 50 Application Period Announced
The application period for the 2020 Inclusive Fintech 50 opens on June 15. The initiative elevates promising early-stage fintechs driving financial inclusion and resilience around the globe through a competitive process led by an independent panel of judges from venture capital, technology, and financial services.
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- Finance
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Press Release: Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative Joins Forces With Ecosystem of Partners for the 2020 “Africa’s Business Heroes” Competition
The Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has joined forces with local partners from across Africa to identify and mobilise innovative, resilient, and mission-driven African entrepreneurs, as well as support them throughout the application and selection process of the second edition of the Africa’s Business Heroes prize competition (ABH).
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Miller Center & Beneficial Returns Announce Social Enterprise Emergency Loan Fund
Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship and impact lender Beneficial Returns announced the creation of the Truss Fund, designed to support social enterprises with emergency funding, in response to the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
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Jack Ma Boosting Africa’s Tech Innovation with Netpreneur Award
The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), set up by the Jack Ma Foundation, which is attracting a prize money increase to $1.5 million from $1 million, will enhance technology innovation among African entrepreneurs, writes Emma Okonji.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: MIT Solve Announces Over $1.5 Million in Funding for 2020 Solver Teams
Solve is seeking solutions to critical Global Challenges, including Health Security & Pandemics; innovators should apply by June 18, 2020.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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Kenyan Startups Among Winners of Google’s Accelerator Program
“The start-ups accepted into the program will receive free support from Google around technology improvement, product improvement, design, growth and leadership training. They will also be paired with a Google Start-up Success Manager to work with them to improve their businesses,” said Dorothy Ooko, Google’s head of communications in Africa.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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An Invention That Could Salvage African Soil From Poor Yields
The UD Tech Farm System is a social impact innovation kit that instantly analyses the soil moisture, the pH and nutrient levels, and then sends an SMS notification to the farmer in real-time.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Jack Ma Foundation Searches for Africa’s Business Heroes
Initiative aims to allocate US$100m in grant funding, training programmes and support to develop an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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