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Making Waves in the Regenerative and Sustainable Ocean Economy
"The World Economic Forum, the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance, Builders Vision and Katapult Ocean have collaborated to showcase the diversity, maturity, and bankability of investment opportunities within the regenerative and sustainable ocean economy in a new report, Making Waves in the Regenerative & Sustainable Ocean Economy: Transformative Ocean Investment Opportunities."
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Blue Earth Commits $30 Million to Agricultural Commodities Firm
Valency International operates large-scale commodity processing facilities across four countries in Africa and Asia.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Building a Better AgTech Funding Model in Africa: Three Key Challenges Behind the Ecosystem’s Loss of Momentum
Startups operating at the nexus of climate and agriculture in Africa have attracted over $1 billion in venture funding over the past decade. But as David Saunders and Ludovica Fioravanti at Briter and Harsha Vishnumolakala at CPI explain, despite the important role this funding can play in supporting innovative African AgTech startups, it has fallen to around $200 million a year — less than half the $500 million raised in 2022. They explore the risks this decline presents to the continent's AgTech ecosystem, and share three key priorities for building a better funding model in Africa and other emerging markets.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
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SWEN Capital Raises $183 Million for New Ocean Impact Venture Fund
"SWEN’s Blue Ocean 2 fund invests primarily in Series A funding rounds, targeting startups bringing solutions to address key threats affecting ocean biodiversity, including over-fishing, pollution, and climate change."
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Nigeria’s Salpha Energy Raises $1.3 Million Funding to Scale Local Solar Assembly
Salpha will use the funding to scale operations, expand its product portfolio, and strengthen its local solar assembly facility.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bill Gates Vows to Give Most of $200 Billion Fortune to African Health and Education
Tech mogul says: “Every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity.’
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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British International Investment Is Joined by PROPARCO and FMO to Expand the Reach of the Africa Resilience Investment Accelerator (ARIA) Across the Continent
Beyond supporting transactions, ARIA works with a broad coalition of companies, investors, governments and donors to help build business-enabling environments.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and the Trade Development Fund (TDFD) Sign Landmark Agreement with Oil Sustainability Program and BURN Manufacturing to Deliver Clean Cooking Solutions in Nigeria
"Notably, the project includes direct support for household LPG refills over a period of eight years, funded through anticipated revenues from carbon credits generated by the clean cooking kits."
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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