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Rize Raises $31 Million to Tackle Climate Impact of Rice Farming
Rice is the largest crop market in the world, with an annual market size of more than $300 billion, but it also accounts for approximately 12% of global methane emissions, a climate footprint comparable to that of the entire aviation industry.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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TLG Capital Fund Reaches $120 Million Second Close
In the year since the fund’s $75 million first close in April 2025, AGIF II has already invested in nine SMEs across seven countries and seven sectors, with debt facilities ranging from $5 million to $15 million to each company.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Holocene Closes Southern Africa’s First Dedicated Climate-Tech Fund
Holocene targets promising, local founders at the earliest stages, but who lack capital and hands-on operational support to get them to scale, especially in a nascent sector such as climate-tech.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Second Emerging Markets CLO Advances World Bank Group Push to Mobilize Private Capital for Jobs
This strategic approach is designed to attract private capital at scale for investments in productive sectors with the greatest potential to create jobs and drive growth.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: 3IF Ventures Reaches USD $12 Million First Close to Scale Africa’s Inclusive Insurance Market
Africa’s insurance protection gap is one of the most underserved opportunities but also one of the most significant barriers to economic resilience on the continent.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Courageous Capital: How Africa Built its Own Tech Ecosystem
Africa’s tech sector has been thriving for almost three decades, during which its entrepreneurs have quietly built a self-sustaining ecosystem. And as Marsha Wulff at LoftyInc Capital explains, instead of government and charitable institutions taking the lead, it has been Africa’s own innovators who have developed its tech infrastructure and driven its commercial success. She explores how African entrepreneurs and investors have built a vibrant and resilient tech ecosystem that addresses the continent's unique needs — and taps its massive growth potential.
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- Investing, Technology
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Understanding Africa’s Broken Climate Finance System: How the Missing Layers in the Capital Stack are Holding the Market Back
Africa needs roughly $277 billion a year in climate finance to meet its 2030 climate goals. Yet as Gagandeep Bakshi at the William Davidson Institute and Santosh Singh at Intellecap explain, with annual flows of $44-50 billion, the gap is considerable — and investors are pulling back just as the need for this funding is growing. Making matters worse, they argue that the problem is not just in the numbers, since beneath these totals, there is a thin layer of capital piling into a handful of companies and countries, while missing layers in the capital stack prevent the emergence of a more balanced market. They explore how this issue is holding investors and entrepreneurs back, and propose a more effective approach.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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World Bank Group to Double Guarantees for Africa to Catalyze Investment, Create Jobs
New guarantees issued over the next four years are expected to mobilize $23 billion in private capital for Africa via a multitude of impactful initiatives on the continent.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- employment, lending, venture capital
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