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MarketForce partners with Cellulant to expand in five new markets across Africa as it races to cover continent

TechCrunch

The startup has today announced entry of RejaReja, the B2B retail marketplace, into Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, after successful pilot programs, coming about two months after it grew beyond Kenya by launching in Nigeria.

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SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time

TechCrunch

.” With the $14 million in funding, from investors including Energy Access Ventures (EAV), Électricité de France (EDF), Acumen Capital Partners (ACP) and Dream Project Incubators (DPI), SunCulture will expand its footprint in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Togo and Cote D’Ivoire, the company said. .

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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

TechCrunch

Location : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ” How it says it differs from rivals : The one-year-old startup claims to be the leading food delivery service in Ethiopia and is 67% cheaper than the competition. beU delivery. Website : [link]. Founded in : 2021. Team size : 300. What it says it does : Runs a food delivery service in Africa.

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Looking for an alternative gift to help a child? Save the Children has just launched an inspiring and informative catalog that lets you and your child explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts, vitamins for infants, library books for kids in rural America, or an apple tree in Ethiopia are extraordinary resources.

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Meet the women-led web3 startups from Thousand Faces’ demo day

TechCrunch

The demo day coincided with International Women’s Day and featured women-led businesses focused on sustainable development goals (SDGs). It provides an agricultural commodity exchange market, alternative financing and post-harvest technologies to farmers. Even if you’re in a desert, you can get drinking water, Koigi said.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of their donors was a class of kindergarteners at the Berwick Alternative Elementary School. Virginia DeBolt pointed me to this very inspiring story about a third grader in Albuquerque who raised $6000 to build a library in Ethiopia. They created the Popcorn For Kids Campaign.

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Generating Activist Impact: Political & Advocacy Call-To-Actions

Whole Whale

International human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International uses tweet storms to advocate for both broad causes and specific legal cases. In the below example, Amnesty International joined other NGOs and diaspora organizations to advocate for humanitarian access to the Tigray region of Ethiopia.