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Tiger Global and Greycroft Back Nigerian Investment App Bamboo in $15 Million Round
The average Nigerian only has a handful of ways to save and invest. Building a portfolio of stocks, particularly U.S. stocks, is one way they can hedge against inflation and currency devaluation.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Startup Funding Triples to a Record $15 Billion in Latin America
Tech investors poured a record amount of funding into Latin America last year, minting a new class of billion-dollar startups in a region rapidly becoming a target for venture capitalists.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Medical Tourism Startup Hospals Raises $3.5 Million from Inflection Point Ventures, 9unicorns, Wavemaker & Kunal Shah
Hospals, a cross border health benefits & travel platform that enables international patients to access healthcare across India, UAE, Turkey & Thailand, announced part raise of its Pre-Series A investment.
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- Health Care
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Analysis: Growing Locally and Deeply
Social enterprises do more for communities by eschewing the Silicon Valley model.
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- Social Enterprise
- Region
- Global
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Most Companies Align with SDGs – But There’s More to Do on Assessing Progress
A new study has revealed that four-in-five companies assessed now include a commitment in their sustainability reports to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- global development, SDGs
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Shell Foundation’s EEGF Receives $13 Million Injection to Accelerate Access to Clean Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF) in Africa has received a US$13 million injection from FinDev Canada.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ajim Capital Launches $10 Million Fund to Invest in African Startups
Ajim Capital, a venture capitalist firm based in the US has launched a $10 million fund to invest in African tech startups allowing entrepreneurs to focus on growing their businesses.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tul Raises $181 Million in Series B Funding
Tul is a mobile app and B2B e-commerce marketplace that optimizes the construction-material supply chain for hardware stores across Latin America.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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