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Analysis: How Decentralized Finance Will Transform Business Financial Services – Especially for SMEs
Uptake of DeFi in transaction banking could open up new capital opportunities for larger companies and increase liquidity for SMEs.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: A Kenyan Home of One’s Own
A mortgage remains a rare and frightening prospect for most Kenyan families, even many wealthier ones, due to the long-term financial implications it poses
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BlackRock Raises $250 Million to Fund Climate Transition in Emerging Markets
BlackRock has raised $250 million which aims to help emerging market economies reduce carbon emissions.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Democratic Republic of Congo Announces $100 Million Solar-Hybrid Power Project
A consortium led by Gridworks and including Eranove and AEE Power, has signed three concession agreements with the Ministry of Hydraulic Resources and Electricity of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to develop, build and operate three large scale, solar-hybrid, off grid utilities.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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West Africa: $465 Million Approved for Regional Electricity Access
The World Bank Group has approved a regional electricity access project in West Africa for a total amount of $465 million.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tetra Tech Buys International Development Consultancy Kaizen
Tetra Tech, a Pasadena, California-based engineering and consulting firm, has acquired The Kaizen Company, a Washington, DC-based management consulting firm specializing in international development.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Southern Africa Taps $380 Million in World Bank Financing to Facilitate Regional Trade and Investment for More Inclusive Growth
The new Southern Africa Trade and Connectivity Project (SATCP) will benefit both countries and local communities through investments.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Un-Backed Framework to Boost Agricultural Trade Between African Nations
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with the African Union (AU) Commission, launched a new continent-wide framework on Thursday, to boost trade and improve food security.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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