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Ghana Greenlights First Lithium Mine with Eye on Electric Vehicle Boom
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources granted Barari DV Ghana Limited a 15-year lease on the mine.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- electric vehicles, mining
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Report: Multilateral Development Banks Deliver Record Climate Finance of Close to $61 Billion for Low and Middle-Income Economies in 2022
With the record 2022 climate finance volumes, multilateral development banks have, for the second year in a row, exceeded the 2025 climate finance targets.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Modern Cooking Facility for Africa to Deploy €16 Million for Clean Cooking from November 2023
This second commitment will support access to environmentally-friendly cookstoves in several sub-Saharan African countries.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Does African Health-Tech Have a Funding Problem?
Health tech has become a pressing need in Africa because governments haven’t treated public health with enough urgency.
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- Finance, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sony Ventures Announces $10 Million Investment in African Entertainment Startups
The funding support will first go to early-stage startups in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana with a possibility of expanding the scope of the project in the future.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Funding to Ensure 370 Million Children Receive Polio Vaccinations and to Boost Health Innovation in Low-Income Countries
To promote swift progress towards eradicating wild poliovirus, the partnership aims to deliver €500 million in payments to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – specifically the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Successful Pilot Shows Localised Repair as Viable Solution to 91% Of Non-functioning Solar Lights Across Zambia
In their pilot programme, SolarAid tested decentralised local repair models, which they discovered built trust in the rural communities and further benefited local business and speed of repair.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Climate Finance Startup Pyrpose Opens Public Beta Enabling Consumers to Directly Support Climate Innovators
The Pyrpose platform allows consumers to understand their own carbon footprint and enables them to take action to tackle climate change.
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- Environment, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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