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Viewpoint: From Honest to Just: How Coca-Cola’s Fumble with Honest Tea Turned into an Unexpected Gift
Despite the brand’s success as the world’s first organic and Fair Trade certified bottled tea brand, supply chain disruptions during the pandemic made Honest Tea a victim of Coke’s “Fewer, Bigger Bets” strategy.
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- Agriculture
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- Global
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Glovo to Shut down in Ghana, Two Years After Investing $3.7 Million
Glovo, a food delivery platform, will cease operations on May 10, 2024, in Ghana, two years after investing €3.5 million ($3.7 million) to expand its operations.
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- Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- failure
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Pivo Africa Closes A Year After Securing $2 Million Funding
Pivo Africa, a Nigerian fintech startup, backed by Y-Combinator, has shut down prematurely after launching in 2021 and securing $2M funding.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Jumia Discontinues Food Delivery Across Seven Markets, Shifts Focus to Expanding Physical Goods Business
Jumia is redirecting its focus toward the core physical goods business and maintaining its JumiaPay operations across all 11 markets.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce, failure, startups
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A Rush for Lithium in Africa Risks Fuelling Corruption and Failing Citizens
Cases show that as the lithium rush ramps up, some of the risks facing mineral-rich countries are all too real.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bolt Food to Close South Africa, Nigeria Operations
Rising petrol prices, inflation and the economic downturn are some of the macro-economic factors negatively affecting the food delivery market.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce, failure, startups
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‘Too Big to Fail’: How USAID’s $9.5 Billion Supply Chain Vision Unraveled
Ten years ago, USAID unveiled the largest contract in its history, aimed at transforming health supply chains in lower-income countries. It has not gone according to plan.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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Carbon Offset Market Faces Chaos as African Mega-Project Collapses
The breakup of the partnership behind one of the world’s biggest carbon projects in Zimbabwe raises new doubts about the carbon market’s ability to backstop failures.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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