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Press Release: USAID Announces Additional $35.7 Million in New Funding to Fight Plastic Pollution
USAID Announces additional $35.7 million in new funding for Save Our Seas.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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- climate change, decarbonization, waste, water
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US Launches Africa Trade Desk, Targets $300 Million Deals in 18 Months
The Africa Trade Desk is part of a broader strategy to boost trade between the US and African countries with the looming expiry of the AGOA trade initiative.
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- Investing
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Report: The Capital Women Need, for the Future We All Need
Melinda French Gates pens the foreword to a new paper that addresses the need to expand access to affordable credit for women entrepreneurs in the Global South.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Africa’s Top Fintech Player Is Getting Ready for an IPO
Flutterwave, the Nigeria-based digital payments company and Africa’s most valuable startup, has made changes to its corporate team as part of moves aimed at preparing for an initial public offering.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: British International Investment and Citi Launch $100 Million Risk-Sharing Facility to Support Trade Finance in Frontier and Emerging African Economies
The funding helps to accelerate the flow of key agricultural commodities, and use of machinery and solutions that strengthen food security in vulnerable economies.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Receives $7.3 Million to Boost Agricultural Productivity and Smallholder Farmers’ Income
The funding targets food production and income growth for 800,000 smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How Impact Valuation Helps Companies Meet the Latest Sustainability Reporting Requirements
Impact valuation provides objective and quantitative insights and helps to inform the new demands of European sustainability reporting requirements.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- data, ESG, global development, impact measurement, SDGs
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MTN and Investec Partner to Bring PayShap to Mobile Money, Driving Financial Inclusion in South Africa
The partnership represents a major breakthrough in expanding financial services to South Africa’s unbanked population.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa