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Ugandan Fintech, Ensibuuko Raises $1 Million Funding to Drive International Expansion
Ugandan fintech startup, Ensibuuko has announced a funding of 1 million dollars from an impact investor, FCA Investments.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Nigeria Is Making Progress With Financial Inclusion: Here’s How
In developing economies, many people are excluded in various ways from financial services. Including them is necessary for three main reasons.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Shell to Offload Onshore Nigerian Oil Assets in a Move to Cleaner Energy
Petroleum giant, Shell, will offload the last of its Nigerian assets in an effort to move towards cleaner energy.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Mono Raises Millions to Power the Internet Economy in Africa
Three months later, the startup has a different mission: to power the internet economy in Africa. It has closed $2 million in seed investment toward that goal.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: The Mandela Rhodes Foundation Launches $80K Äänit Prize for Social Impact in Africa
The Äänit Prize will award up to $80 000 per year to projects and organisations that can deliver positive social impact in Africa.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CDC Group Commits USD $100 Million to African Farmers
United Kingdom government-owned development finance institution CDC Group will be providing a debt commitment of USD 100 million to agricultural conglomerate Export Trading Group.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- ESG, impact investing
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South Africa: Lesedi to Convert Plastics Into Electricity via Pyrolysis
Lesedi Nuclear Services has been appointed by Kibo Energy to build the EPC for the waste-to-energy plastics plants using pyrolysis technology in South Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation, recycling
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African Guarantee Fund Secures $20 Million Capital Increase for Green SME Financing
African Guarantee Fund has today received a capital increase of USD 20 million from the Danish Investment Fund.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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