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$45 Million Programme to Power Up Zimbabwe’s Renewable Energy Drive
The United Nations SDG-Fund has approved a $45 million programme to transform Zimbabwe’s renewable energy (RE) drive.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s LEAD School Becomes Unicorn With Fresh $100 Million in Funding
LEAD School, a nine-year-old startup, is addressing this disconnect by leveraging an infrastructure that already has a wide reach in the nation: schools.
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- Asia Pacific
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Afrikrea Raises $6.2 Million in New Funding, Rebrands to Anka
The e-commerce platform, which aims to bring African-made products to a global audience, has completed a $6.2 million pre-Series A funding round and rebranded to Anka.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce, funding, infrastructure, investment, SMEs, technology
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AI Startup Fractal Becomes Unicorn With $360 Million Investment From TPG
Fractal has raised $360 million from TPG in a new financing round and entered the unicorn club as the Mumbai and New York-based AI startup,
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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ESG Investing Is Not Sustainable Investing
ESG metrics are important, but you cannot passively rely on them to create a positive end result portfolio.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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European Investment Bank Lends Ecobank Group $113 Million for SMEs in Africa, With Emphases on Women, Adjusting to COVID-19
The purpose is to help develop the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, with a particular emphasis on the businesses that have been “most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bhub Secures $20 Million to Become LatAm Companies’ Back-Office Administrator
BHub announced Tuesday that it took in a new round of capital just three months after receiving $4.4 million in pre-seed investment to offer full back-office SaaS for small and medium businesses in Latin America.
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- Finance
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- Latin America
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Housing Finance Company Altum Credo Raises $12 Million in Funding in India
The housing finance company, Altum Credo, announced it has raised $12 million, in fresh equity funding led by growth fund Amicus Capital.
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- Asia Pacific
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