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Africa50 Secures $50 Million to Boost Early-Stage Investment for Climate-Resilient Projects
Africa50 is a specialist investor in African infrastructure – developing, de-risking and delivering projects to unlock economic growth across the continent.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Beanstalk AgTech Announces the Launch of Monsoon Ventures to Accelerate Agtech Commercialisation in Southeast Asia
The studio will invest capital, recruit complementary commercial expertise, map value chain pathways, and help ventures attract the right investors or strategic partnerships with regional players.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
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- South Asia
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Analysis: Why EV Infrastructure, Not Vehicles, Will Determine Africa’s Mobility Transition
In many emerging electric mobility markets, the question is no longer whether riders are willing to adopt EVs. It is whether the broader infrastructure ecosystem, including charging, swapping, grid capacity, and financing, can scale quickly enough to keep pace.
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- Energy, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ADB and Partners Power Timor-Leste’s Energy Future with Landmark Investment in Solar and Battery Storage
The landmark investment—which is also Timor-Leste’s first independent power producer project —will be operated by Manatuto Renewables Power and will help to transform the country’s energy landscape by reducing reliance on imported diesel.
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- South Asia
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Press Release: Increasing Our 2026 Allocation to GiveWell’s Recommendations to $1 Billion
Via Coefficient Giving: "This $1 billion will nearly double the cumulative funding we have previously committed to GiveWell’s recommendations over the last decade. Based on GiveWell’s estimates, we believe that funding has saved over 100,000 lives."
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- Health Care
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- Global
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Africa Go Green Backs BioLite’s Clean Cooking Rollout in Zambia Under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement
The carbon credits generated by the project will be sold to Switzerland’s KliK Foundation under a Mitigation Outcomes Purchase Agreement (MOPA) entered into between BioLite and the KliK Foundation.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Abiki Brokers Joins Forces with FasterCapital to Revolutionize Insurance in Sub-Saharan Africa
By focusing on affordability, simplicity, and accessibility, the startup empowers low-income individuals and SMEs to access essential financial protection and teleconsultation directly from their mobile devices.
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- Health Care, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $285 Million to Help Clean Energy Scale Fast Enough to Meet Surging Global Demand
As rising electricity use reshapes global energy markets, new support will help strengthen clean energy industries to power next era of global growth.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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