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Billboxx Raises USD 1.6 Million to Streamline African Business Payments
Billboxx aims to address inefficiencies in SME payment workflows across Africa and MENA.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Waymo Outsources Fleet Operations to African Fintech Moove in Phoenix and, Soon, Miami
The partnership with Moove signals that Waymo is keen to outsource more of the commercial side of the business.
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- Transportation
- Region
- Global
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Microsoft Launches AI Initiative to Empower African Startups
More than 2,400 AI startups in Africa are transforming industries and creating new job opportunities at a rapid pace.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AFRICA50 Invests $15 Million in Egypt’s Raya Data Center
Africa50 is an infrastructure investment platform focused on facilitating project development, mobilizing public and private sector finance, and investing in infrastructure on the continent.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Seedstars Africa VC Fund Achieves 1st Close at $42 Million
Seedstars Africa Ventures I is addressing gaps in early-stage financing across Africa through investments of up to US$2 million in seed and Series A rounds.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- scale, startups, venture capital
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LightSpeed Invests $40 Million in Indian Solar Startup
SolarSquare serves over 20,000 households and more than 200 cooperative housing societies across India.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Ventures Platform Climatetech White Paper Calls for Climate-Resilient Business Models in the African Tech Sector
Proposes a Simplified Framework to Guide the African VC and Startup Ecosystem in Addressing Climate Challenges.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Google Kicks off $20 Billion Renewable Energy Building Spree to Power AI
As tech companies like Google rush to bolster their AI capabilities, they’ve embarked on a building spree so vast that experts expect new AI data centers might be underpowered by 2027.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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