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African Development Bank to Unlock $10 Billion for African Farmers With New $500 Million Facility
"The facility, designed to close the financing gap for smallholder farmers, will deploy innovative financial instruments. . . "
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 - Agriculture, Finance
 
- Region
 - Sub-Saharan Africa
 
- Tags
 - fintech, lending, scale, smallholder farmers
 
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Indian FemiSafe Raises $360,000 in Seed Funding to Expand Women’s Wellness Line
The capital will fund FemiSafe’s product development, supply chain improvements, and market expansion.
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 - Investing
 
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 - Europe & Eurasia
 
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Press Release: Aligned Climate Capital Closes Second Venture Fund at $85 Million to Scale Clean Energy Companies
Aligned Climate Fund LP 2 (ACF2) closed with the support of the Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, and several institutional investors.
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 - Energy, Environment, Investing
 
- Region
 - Global
 
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Egyptian Femtech Platform Motherbeing Secures $200,000 Investment from Madica’s African Startup Fund
The platform features an AI health assistant offering bilingual expert-approved answers to health questions.
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 - Health Care, Investing
 
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 - North Africa & Near East
 
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Press Release: Agros Closes Series A Funding Round of US$4.25 Million to Scale Solar-Powered Irrigation in Southeast Asia
This investment, which follows Agros's pre-Series A round of US$2.7 million raised less than 2 years ago, underscores the company's rapid growth and commitment to transforming agriculture in Southeast Asia.
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 - Agriculture, Energy, Investing
 
- Region
 - South Asia
 
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$1 Billion Investment Gets IKEA Closer to Being ‘Fully Circular’ by 2030
The retailer's venture capital arm backs three recyclers and a software firm.
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 - Technology, WASH
 
- Region
 - Global
 
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Oze Secures New Funding to Expand Lending Management Solution Across Africa
The undisclosed round will support the company’s efforts to scale its Lending Management System (LMS), a solution designed to help financial institutions provide unsecured digital loans to small businesses.
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 - Finance, Technology
 
- Region
 - Sub-Saharan Africa
 
- Tags
 - corporations, digital finance, fintech, lending, microfinance, MSMEs, scale
 
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SolarAfrica Secures $98 Million in Implementing the First Phase of Its 1 GW SunCentral Solar Project in South Africa
SunCentral is a large-scale solar photovoltaic plant located between Hanover and De Aer in the Northern Cape.
- Region
 - Sub-Saharan Africa
 
- Tags
 - energy access, renewable energy, scale, solar