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Mohinani Group Partners with Norfund to Advance rPET Recycling Projects in Ghana and Nigeria
The partnership aims to accelerate investment into the recycling and processing of post-consumer PET plastics, bolstering local recycling capacity while reducing environmental waste and dependence on virgin plastic.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pakistan Introduces HPV Vaccine to Protect Girls From Cervical Cancer, Joining 150 Countries
The goal is to vaccinate at least 90% of 13 million eligible girls during this campaign and integrate the vaccine into routine immunization for 9-year-old girls in subsequent years.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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VC Firm Crane Launches $135 Million Fund in Asia Pacific
Crane Venture Partners was founded in 2015 and invests in technology companies at early stages across multiple regions.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Ze-Gen and Clasp Announce Strategic Partnership to Drive Quality and Accelerate Innovation in Solar Generators
ZE-Gen and CLASP will launch a new international Solar Generator competition with $100k in innovation prizes under the Global LEAP Awards.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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Afreximbank and Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) Forge Strategic Partnership to Unlock US $1 Billion in Investments
In addition to financing, the JPPF also incorporates a robust capacity-building programme aimed at enhancing the project preparation skills of ShafDB staff, etc.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwandan Farmers and Private Sector Join Forces to Improve Maize and Soybean Value Chains for 4,000 Smallholders
Activities with farmers include carrying out an inclusive business analysis, setting up demonstration plots, investing in equipment, and conducting joint training by public and private partners.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Melinda Gates Announces $100 Million Investment in Women’s Health Research
The partnership is between Pivotal, a group of organizations founded by French Gates, and Wellcome Leap, a nonprofit organization.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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The ABCs of Catalytic Sunsetting: How Foundations and Other Philanthropic Funders Can Exit Boldly — And Leave a Bigger Legacy
What if the best way to ensure your philanthropic legacy … was to close your doors? As Nancy Swanson-Roberts at Linked Foundation and Kusi Hornberger at Dalberg Capital argue, the world’s most pressing problems demand urgent, bold action that incremental giving over generations often can't enable. They explain why philanthropic organizations like Linked Foundation are deliberately spending down their assets within a defined timeframe to catalyze systemic change — an approach they call “catalytic sunsetting" — and share three strategies that can help any funder exit with purpose and power.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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