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Proparco Backs Early-Stage Tech Fund in Africa
The investment aims to strengthen early-stage technology financing in Francophone Africa and support startups operating in high-growth digital sectors.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: India Is Drowning in Its Own Wastewater. These Two Engineers Decided to Turn It Back Into a Resource.
India generates 72,000 million litres of wastewater every day. It treats 28 percent of it. The other 72 percent flows, untreated, into rivers, lakes, and land. Amrit Nayak and Krunal Patel think the problem is not the water — it is the architecture of how treatment gets built.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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WFP and Government of Nepal Launch Innovation Accelerator for Climate and Food Security
The accelerator supports local start-ups to pilot and scale solutions across the food system, including solar-powered irrigation and clean energy solutions, digital advisory platforms for farmers, satellite-based insurance and climate data tools and market and value chain innovations for smallholders.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Cascador Pitch Day 2026: Over $5 Million Deployed to Seven Transformative & Impactful Entrepreneurs In Nigeria
Cascador’s ScaleUp Program works with an elite cohort of entrepreneurs to strengthen leadership, sharpen strategy, and prepare founders to scale sustainably.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Digital Africa Launches €30 Million Seed Fund
The fund will target 30 tech-enabled startups across 20 priority African countries.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- development finance, MSMEs, startups
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Viewpoint: The Heart of The South African Film Industry
A debut feature set on the Cape Flats turns a familiar crime premise into a quiet study of fatherhood, masculinity, and survival. But its limited reach reveals the deeper problems facing South African film.
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- Education, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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bPOWERd Expands into Nigeria with Solar Battery Rental Hubs
Originally launched in South Africa in 2025, bPOWERd said it facilitated 125,000 rentals within its first 12 months of operations.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- MSMEs, renewable energy, solar, startups
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inDrive Backs Aurora Ventures to Fund Emerging Market Female Tech Founders
Aurora Ventures is structured to capitalize on a persistent market inefficiency identified over five years of managing the Aurora Tech Award.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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