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HewaTele Secures $10.5 Million From AfricInvest to Deliver High-Quality Medical Oxygen Across Kenya
This funding marks a significant step toward addressing one of East Africa’s most critical yet overlooked healthcare challenges: the availability of high-quality medical oxygen.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CrossBoundary Energy Secures US $40 Million Investment From Impact Fund Denmark to Deploy Clean Energy in Africa
The investment will help CBE build its rapidly expanding portfolio of clean energy projects in Africa.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Waterhub Raises Seed Funding to Expand Sustainable Drinking Water Access Across Indonesia
By eliminating the need for plastic packaging and reducing transportation, Waterhub offers an environmentally and economically sustainable alternative to bottled water.
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- WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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- infrastructure, Internet of Things, scale, startups, waste, water
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The African Development Bank Approves a Grant of Over $5 Million to Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships in the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar and Togo
The project aims to strengthen the public–private partnership (PPP) environment in four countries, with the goal of catalysing private investment.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Space42, Microsoft, and Esri Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Mapping Capabilities Across Africa
Over the next five years, the initiative will map 54 African countries and benefit over 1.4 billion people.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- data, infrastructure, scale
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Google Commits $37 Million to Power Africa’s AI Future
At the core of the new initiatives is the AI Community Center in Accra.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Fund Seeks Historic Shift to Tap Capital Markets
Currently prohibited by its charter from borrowing, the ADF aims to raise $5 billion every three years in “patient capital” to support Africa’s lowest-income economies.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria Commits $538 Million to Agro-Industrial Zones, Unveils 10-Year Youth-Led Agricultural Plan
Shettima disclosed that Nigeria has already committed $538.05 million to the first phase of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones programme.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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