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Kenya’s Twiga Foods Eyes West Africa After $30M Raise Led by Goldman
Twiga will use the funds to set up a distribution center in Nairobi and deepen its conversion to offering supply chain services for both agricultural and FMCG products.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- supply chains
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The Development Tool Nobody’s Using: Why it’s Time for the Women’s Empowerment Sector to Leverage Media and Advertising
In women’s economic empowerment circles, there’s no shortage of initiatives involving corporate partnerships with NGOs - often focused on agriculture or garment supply chains. But as Mara Bolis at Oxfam points out, this focus has led the sector to overlook other potential areas of impact – including media and advertising. Sharing some compelling examples, she argues that media could have as much – or even more – influence in shaping women’s economic opportunities as changes to global value chains.
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- Technology
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The Next Big Thing for Energy Access in India? Service-Based Models for Productive-Use Appliances in Agriculture
The global off-grid solar industry has grown exponentially, driven largely by sales or leasing of small appliances enabled by the pay-as-you-go business model. But according to Lanvin Concessao at Oorja Development Solutions, the market is now shifting towards larger income-generating appliances used in small businesses and farms. He explores the impact these appliances can have in India, and how they can drive the irrigation and cold storage sectors' transition to solar energy.
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- Agriculture, Energy
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Consortium Releases Technology-Enabled Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Model
The aim of the model is to drive more transparency in global supply chains and encourage sustainable production processes through supply chain finance.
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- Finance, Technology
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Press Release: Impact Tech Venture OpenSC Raises $4 Million in Seed Funding
The venture, co-founded by WWF-Australia and BCG Digital Ventures, will use the funds to further develop its technology platform for driving sustainable and ethical supply chains.
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- Investing, Technology
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Impact Tech Venture OpenSC Raises $4 Million in Seed Funding
OpenSC, an impact venture developed in partnership by the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF-Australia) and BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV), the global corporate venture, investment, and incubation arm of Boston Consulting Group, today announced that OpenSC has raised $4 million in seed funding from strategic impact investors.
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- Press Release
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- supply chains
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The Promise of e-Commerce in Africa Might Not Be Where We Think
E-commerce is often discussed in the context of consumers and customer satisfaction but for many investors and analysts most of their focus is spent looking under the hood—trying to understand how the retailer, which they really see as a logistics company, manages its supply chain.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Startups Trying to Fix Nigeria’s Broken Healthcare System Are Winning Global Investor Interest
Startups identifying gaps in the healthcare delivery value chain across Africa’s most populous country are increasingly winning investor attention and dollars.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups, supply chains
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