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Analysis: Does Everything in the Social Sector Need to Scale?
In a world that no longer behaves like a scalable system, success must be something other than growth.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: WDI, Africa Health Tech Summit Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Health Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Africa
The collaboration establishes WDI as a summit and knowledge partner for the Africa HealthTech Summit (AHTS), a premier Pan-African platform convening innovators, policymakers, investors, and business leaders to drive health sector transformation.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s 4G Capital Secures $2 Million Funding to Expand Financial Inclusion Across East Africa
Founded in 2013, 4G Capital blends human customer service with advanced digital technology to deliver small working capital loans and customised business training to micro enterprises that are excluded from the formal financial system.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- financial inclusion, fintech, innovation, lending, MSMEs, scale, startups
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Climate Investment Raises $450 Million to Scale Breakthrough Decarbonization Technologies and Bridge Climate Tech’s Missing Middle
Decarbonization Acceleration Fund (DAF) targets companies with validated technologies and commercial traction across heavy-emitting sectors including energy, industry, transport and buildings.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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$48 Million First Close for Aqua-Spark Africa Aquaculture Fund
Aqua-Spark has announced the official first close of its new Aqua-Spark Africa fund at USD 48 million, marking a significant milestone in the development of aquaculture across sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Sistema.Bio Raises $53 Million to Launch FarmCarbon—An Innovative Funding Vehicle Aimed at Expanding Climate Finance for Smallholder Farmers and Accelerating Methane Mitigation
FarmCarbon will facilitate financing for more than 90,000 Sistema.bio digesters on farms worldwide to capture and destroy methane, creating emissions reductions of over 9 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: IFC Backs Paraguay’s First Green Fertilizer Plant, Creating Jobs, Advancing Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
The project is expected to positively impact employment opportunities, with over 1,265 new direct jobs created during the construction phase, and nearly 200 skilled and semi skilled positions during operations.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Latin America
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DriveWealth Powers Ualá’s Launch of U.S. Stock Investing in Mexico
The launch marks another step forward in expanding access to global capital markets for a broader population of investors.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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