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US Agency to Invest $155 Million in African Digital Infrastructure Firm WIOCC
Washington has increasingly backed telecommunications and digital infrastructure projects in Africa as it seeks to provide alternatives to Chinese technology providers like Huawei, including through a $100 million loan to U.S.-owned telecoms operator Africell.
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- Investing, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Proparco Invests USD $10 Million in Africa50’s AGIA-PD fund to Accelerate Green Infrastructure Development Across Africa
"Africa faces one of the world's largest infrastructure financing gaps, with annual investment needs estimated at USD 130–170 billion."
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PIDG and Impact Fund Denmark Invest $11.5 Million in Africa GreenCo
Africa GreenCo is a regional energy trader and intermediary offtaker. It buys electricity from renewable energy producers and sells it to utilities, private-sector customers and markets within the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). The
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Shuttlers Launches Shared Door-to-Door Car Service for Lagos Commuters
With over 10 million journeys completed, more than 11,000 daily riders, and over 430 buses operating daily, Shuttlers is building the infrastructure for the future of urban mobility in Africa.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- infrastructure, startups
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Zankore Expands Southeast Asia’s AI Compute Infrastructure With NVIDIA
ZanKore is building an AI cloud platform to expand AI computing infrastructure from Indonesia across Southeast Asia and beyond.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Vodafone, Cassava and Elsewedy Electric form Africa Data Centers Egypt
Africa Data Centres Egypt aims to leverage Vodafone Business’ expertise in cloud and enterprise services, Elsewedy Electric’s capabilities in energy, infrastructure and project execution, and Cassava Technologies’ experience in data centres across Africa.
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- Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Mars Impact Fund Awards More Than $13 Million in New Grants to Advance Community Resilience, Science Pipelines and Companion Animal Wellbeing
New investments across Côte d’Ivoire, India, the United States and Thailand will expand community health and economic resilience for cocoa-growing and mint-farming families, build pipelines for the next generation of scientists, and drive last-mile rabies elimination.
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- Education, Health Care, Investing, WASH
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- Global
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South Africa Secures $405 Million NDB Financing for Water and Healthcare Infrastructure
The scheme will involve extending and upgrading bulk water pipelines, expanding treatment capacity and developing water storage infrastructure.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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