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South African Healthtech Startup Kena Health Secures $2.1 Million Funding
The Kena Health App allows customers to consult with a doctor, nurse, or mental health professional from their smartphone.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: World Bank Approves $265 Million to Scale up Agriculture Commercialization and Improve Food Resilience in Malawi
The new financing is part of phase 3 of the regional Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa, or FSRP.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech, food security, scale
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Vodafone Announces IoT for African Wildlife
The new technology would help people and wildlife to coexist peacefully.
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- Environment, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank Approves $20 Million Investment in Private Equity Fund Targeting the Infrastructure Sector in Africa
The mobilization of private capital is critical to closing the infrastructure financing gap in Africa.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IPD, Mastercard Foundation Commit $45 Million to Expand Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa
The organisations announced the partnership dubbed MADIBA (Manufacturing in Africa for disease immunization and building autonomy).
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Report by Bill Gate’s Foundations Shows Nigeria’s Impressive Mobile Money Performance
The Bill & Belinda Gates Foundation helped the GSM Association (GSMA) put up the State of the Industry on Mobile Money Report 2023.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Smallest Agri-SMEs in Africa Owner-Managed by Women Bore the Brunt of COVID-19
The new research was led by a team of CABI scientists and published in the journal CABI Agriculture & Bioscience.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- COVID-19, MSMEs, research, women entrepreneurs
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Google’s AI Program to Support Health-Tech Startups Solving African Healthcare Issues
The Google initiative was set up to help startups solve some of the world’s important challenges with innovative technology.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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