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Climate Finance Startup Pyrpose Opens Public Beta Enabling Consumers to Directly Support Climate Innovators
The Pyrpose platform allows consumers to understand their own carbon footprint and enables them to take action to tackle climate change.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Arnur Credit Bags $9 Million from IFC to Aid Women-Led MSMEs in Kazakhstan
The project is aligned with IFC’s strategy in Kazakhstan to boost private sector-led growth through support to the financial sector and investments.
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- Investing
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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Press Release: International Fund for Agricultural Development and Malawi to Build Resilience and Productivity of Small-Scale Farmers and MSMEs amid Ongoing Crisis
Agriculture is the country’s main economic activity, accounting for 30 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 80 per cent of its export earnings.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South African Fintech Startup Stitch Announces $25 Million Series A Extension Round
The funding will be used by Stitch to continue building its end-to-end payments solutions.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- business development, MSMEs, scale
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CAF to Allocate USD$5 Million to Finance Innovative Startups
The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean approved an investment of USD$5 million in NXTP Ventures Fund III to foster the development of technology startups in the region.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- impact investing, innovation, MSMEs, scale, startups
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Fintech Mundi Raises USD$15 Million Investment Round
Fintech Mundi unveiled a new Series A-2 funding round totaling USD$15 million, with Haymaker Ventures being the lead investor.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- fintech, international trade, MSMEs
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South African Venture Fund Secha Capital Raises $16 Million from Blue-Chip Investors
Secha invests in companies across sectors in southern Africa that are making the tech-enabled transition into the green economy.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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TikTok’s E-Commerce Ambitions Stall as Global Backlash Grows
TikTok can advertise to more than 100 million users in Indonesia, but they now need to go on a different app or site to buy.
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- Technology