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Three Questions for Five African Businesses: Insights from Sankalp Africa Summit’s ‘Enterprise Showcase’
The recent Sankalp Africa Summit featured an “Enterprise Showcase” where up-and-coming African businesses shared information about their work and missions. NextBillion interviewed five of these entrepreneurs and company representatives, asking each of them three questions: What are the main challenges you’re facing in running your business? What kind of support would help you overcome these challenges? And what’s one thing you wish funders understood about your business needs? Their responses reveal some of the innovative approaches and key issues that are emerging in Africa’s vibrant ecosystem of small and medium-sized enterprises.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Social Enterprise, Transportation, WASH
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China Set to Cut Solar Incentives for Africa Days After Elon Musk Negotiates $2.9 Billion Chinese Solar Equipment Deal for Tesla
Africa’s solar expansion could face new cost pressures as China moves to scale back key export incentives, just as global demand surges following Elon Musk’s $2.9 billion push into Chinese solar supply chains.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ReNew Secures $95 Million Equity Investment From LeapFrog-Led Consortium to Expand its Commercial & Industrial Platform
The investment reflects LeapFrog's climate investment thesis: backing scalable climate solutions in emerging markets that accelerate decarbonization while driving inclusive economic growth.
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- Environment, Investing
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- 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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Research: A Plan to Maneuver Female Leadership in Ghana’s Renewable Energy Sector
The country is experience a profound paper-to-practice divide with agencies operating in silos and treating gender as a tangential social issue rather than core economic requirement.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Rockefeller Foundation Commits an Additional US $10 Million to Accelerate Electricity Connections Across Africa by 2030
The Rockefeller Foundation is collaborating with the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet to fast-track electrification efforts in at least 15 African countries.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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EIB Global Pledges More Than €1 Billion in Support of Mission 300 Goals
Mission 300, launched by the World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group, aims to connect 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa to electricity by 2030.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bezos and Gates-Backed Firm Fights for DRC’s Mineral Data in Exchange for More Investments
The dispute between the US mining firm, Kobold Metals, backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, and Belgium's AfricaMuseum over the digitization of colonial-era maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo may be intensifying.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, data, mining, renewable energy
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