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Gold Fields Board Approves $46 Million Solar Plant in South Africa
Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) has announced that its Board of Directors has given the green light for the construction of a 40MW solar plant at the South Deep mine in South Africa.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- renewable energy
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Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Partners With Aceli to Enhance Capital Flows for SMEs in Agriculture Sector
AGRA and Aceli have signed a letter of intent committing to jointly work together to test and scale up innovations that substantially drive down the cost and risk of financing SMEs in the agriculture space.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Hubtel Partners Visa for Seamless Payments of Its E-commerce Platform
Hubtel, an indigenous eCommerce & SMS messaging company, has entered into a partnership with Visa, to expand access to seamless payments on its eCommerce platform.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s Lami Raises $1.8 Million to Scale API Insurance Platform Across Africa
Africa’s insurance market stands at a 3% penetration rate, per a McKinsey study in 2018 comparing six insurance regions on the continent.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- insurance
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Mastercard and Kasha Reinforce Commitment to Empower Women and Support Micro-Entrepreneurs in Africa
Mastercard today expanded its relationship with Kasha Global Incorporated through an investment in the purpose driven ecommerce platform.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Congo: REDD+ to Reduce CO2 Emissions and Preserve Forests
Congo has just signed an agreement with the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tala and Visa Partnership Seeks to Ignite Stablecoin Use in Emerging Markets
Call it an ignition play for cryptocurrency — specifically, making crypto spendable, not just a store of value — across borders with the unbanked populations of the world, billions of consumers among them, as the match.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- cryptocurrency
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Analysis: How COVID-19 Is Likely to Slow Down a Decade of Youth Development in Africa
Until COVID-19 hit, the quality of life of youth (age 15-24) in sub-Saharan Africa had been steadily improving.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- youth
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