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Research that Embraces the Messiness of Real Life: How an Innovative, Tech-Enabled Survey Method is Revealing the True Feelings of the Bottom Billion
Of any population in the world, the poor are the least likely to feel free to speak their minds, which makes it difficult to use surveys to understand and meet their unique needs. Daryl Collins, and Carolina de Miranda and Laura Morínigo of Fundación Capital, explore how tech-enabled research methods can provide a solution to this dilemma. They share how a unique, WhatsApp-based survey approach has helped Fundación Capital understand the nuanced meaning behind the responses of women who participated in a gender norms-focused messaging campaign in Paraguay.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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Kenyan Influencer Marketing Startup, AIfluence Nets $1 Million in Seed Funding for Regional Expansion
With this funding, the startup plans to expand to the rest of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia by the end of 2021.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: IFC Invests In Carao Ventures’ New Fund to Support Startups in Latin America
IFC is supporting the development of the early-stage startup ecosystem in small and medium countries in Latin America with an investment in Carao Ventures, the first venture capital firm in Central America.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Latin America
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Analysis: Blockchain Technology Has the Potential to Add $29 Billion to Nigeria’s GDP by 2030
Research by Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access finds that blockchain technology can address barriers to financial inclusion in Nigeria and substantially boost Nigeria’s economy.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MarketForce Secures $2 Million Pre-series A Round, Plans to Launch in Nigeria and Scale Up RejaReja in East Africa
MarketForce aims to digitize offline transactions and transform how informal retail merchants buy and sell.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The ABC Funds Invests $1 Million in High Impact Ag-Tech Apollo Agriculture
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) has invested USD1 million in Apollo Agriculture (Apollo), a Kenyan ag-tech which uses machine learning and automated operations technology to help small scale farmers access the resources they need to maximise their profitability.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan Foodtech Startup Kune Raises $1 Million Pre-Seed for Its Ready-to-Eat Meals Service
Kenyan foodtech startup Kune has announced that it has closed a $1 million pre-seed round to launch its on-demand food service in August.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indian Social Media Site Koo Launches in Nigeria After Twitter Ban
Indian social media and microblogging platform, Koo, has launched in Nigeria just days after the West African country banned Twitter indefinitely following its deletion of a tweet authored by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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