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Access Bank, AfriGOpay Partner To Boost Payment Ecosystem
Access Bank has partnered with AfriGOpay, a financial services business affiliated with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) to launch the first Nigerian national domestic card.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Pacto Closes US $4 Million Seed Funding to Grow Restaurant Point of Sale and Payments Software in Mexico City
With its cloud-based software and a range of payment options, Pacto is helping restaurants and bars manage their operations and grow their revenue and tips.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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- data, digital inclusion, innovation, MSMEs, startups
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Africa Data Centres Signs 20-Year Solar Energy Partnership With Distributed Power Africa
Distributed Power Africa will supply 12MW of renewable solar energy for Africa Data Centres facilities in South Africa.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, energy access, innovation, renewable energy, solar
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Press Release: A $7 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott Will Help Village Enterprise End Extreme Poverty for 20 Million People in Africa
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, Village Enterprise is thrilled to announce a gift of $7 million from MacKenzie Scott.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care, Technology
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Filipino Fintech Advance Secures $16 Million in a Pre-series A Funding
With the funding announcement, Advance also announced that it has expanded into Vietnam by acquiring BravoHr.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- employment, fintech, innovation
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Logistics Startup Fez Delivery Secures $1 Million
This funding announcement follows Fez Delivery's acceptance as one of the only two logistics companies in Nigeria to have received investment from Techstars Toronto.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: UpEnergy Issues World’s First Carbon Credits Linked to Electric Clean Cooking Devices Deployed in Sub-Saharan Africa
The new project provides a pathway for a growing number of African consumers to abandon the toxic burning of unsustainable, wood-based fuels and breathe cleaner air with healthier, zero-emissions electric cooking.
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- Environment, Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How U.S. Businesses Can Compete with China in Emerging Markets: Transitioning from a ‘Death Economy’ to a ‘Life Economy’
For decades, American businesses working in emerging markets have prioritized profit maximization regardless of the social and environmental costs — an approach that economist and author John Perkins describes as the "death economy." But as China has supplanted America as the top investor and trading partner in many of these markets, Perkins attributes its success to its embrace of the ideals — if not always the practices — of sustainable development. He explores how China's promotion of a regenerative "life economy" has resonated in developing countries, and how U.S. businesses can respond.
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- Environment, Investing, Transportation