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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

According to Paull Young, director of digital at charity:water, the organization ensures that 100 percent of money raised goes directly to fund water efforts, primarily in Africa and southeast Asia. Charity:water’s latest campaign for 2014 is focused around donating to the people of Malawi, Africa.

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FSD Africa expands insurtech accelerator program to Ghana and Nigeria

TechCrunch

The insurance industry has been slow to innovate compared to the rest of the financial sector, yet Africa is experiencing a huge protection gap,” FSD Africa’s director of risk, Kelvin Massingham, told TechCrunch. “We We are planning to launch the BimaLab Insurtech Accelerator Program in Ghana and Nigeria.”

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Sun King raises $260M to widen clean energy access in Africa, Asia

TechCrunch

“BeyondNetZero is excited to back Sun King, an industry-leading company that offers consumers accessible and affordable solar products, supported by fair and sustainable business practices,” said Eli Aheto, managing director, General Atlantic’s climate initiative BeyondNetZero. “We

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Tiger Global leads $3M round in Zambia’s Union54 for its card-issuing API

TechCrunch

The Zambian fintech also received checks from angel investors such as Babs Ogundeyi, the CEO of Nigerian neobank Kuda; Risana Zitha, managing director of Renaissance Capital; and Gbenga Ajayi, former director of SMB Growth at Wise. . It currently has a lean team of 10 located in Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and Europe.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

By Colin Holtz and Steve Daigneault, M+R Strategic Services Everyone is talking about "the power of stories" — social scientists, nonprofit directors, your mother, you name it. Before OFA, he served as Internet Director for Rep. Connect emotionally to your supporters and they'll give! There's just one problem. Fund for UNICEF.

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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

TechCrunch

Patients in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia, where mPharma has a presence, now have access to the virtual services. The number of virtual centers is primed to grow further alongside mPharma’s plan to increase its community pharmacies by 10 times over the next three years, from the current 200 centers.

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How Faith-Based Hope Endeavors Effectively Fights the AIDS Epidemic and Changes Lives in the U.S. and Africa

Tech Soup

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. Through the creation hope-giving projects that serve the most vulnerable in Malawi, the organization connects U.S.-based The two girls met at Hope Village Orphan Care Center in Malawi.

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