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Viewpoint: Rails, Not Rockstars
The Global South's AI revolution is here, if we bypass the hype and fund the infrastructure that will enable it.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Flutterwave Selects Polygon as Its Default Blockchain for Cross-Border Payments
Africa’s largest payments company joins forces with Polygon Labs to launch instant, low-cost cross-border payments for global multinationals and millions of consumers.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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EDFI ElectriFI Injects Further $1 Million into Uganda’s GOGO Electric
Funding will help expand battery-swap infrastructure for electric motorcycles.
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- Energy, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-mobility, infrastructure
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Ant International Invests in R2 to Expand Credit Access for SMEs in Latin America
R2 enables digital platforms to offer financing solutions quickly and securely through an API-based, end- to-end white-labeled experience.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Viewpoint: Modernizing Ports Is a Major Untapped Opportunity for a Healthier Planet
"With progress on the water facing a fresh reckoning that calls for new collective efforts, now is the time to bolster efforts on the shore, where ports are largely an untapped resource in the fight against climate change."
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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The Emergence of InfraTech: How AI and Other Digital Technologies are Enabling Climate-Resilient Transportation Infrastructure in LMICs
An estimated 1 billion people around the world lack access to all-weather roads. As Caylee Talpert at AnyWay Solutions explains, this means that over 12% of the global population cannot travel to school or work reliably throughout the year. She highlights the impacts of this gap, and explores how artificial intelligence, satellite and drone technology, and other advanced "InfraTech" solutions are optimizing climate-resilient transportation infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Technology, Transportation
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Spiro Raises $100 Million, the Largest-Ever Investment in Africa’s E-Mobility
Spiro says it plans to deploy more than 100,000 electric bikes across Africa by the end of 2025, a 400% year-over-year jump that underscores its ambition to dominate a category long considered too fragmented to scale.
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- Energy, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa Finance Corporation Secures USD $100 Million Facility From Findev Canada, Marking Its Inaugural Transaction in the Canadian Market
The facility will strengthen AFC’s funding base and support a growing pipeline of renewable energy and low-carbon transport projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, further expanding the Corporation’s commitment to climate-resilient infrastructure development.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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