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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

For the next 700 words, I invite you to remember the disaster events that occurred in 2019, just months before the pandemic outbreak. . In 2019, millions of people around the world were affected by disasters and humanitarian crises. Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction.

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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

TechCrunch

Some think a climate disaster wouldn’t hit their farms for a particular season; hence, they don’t ask for insurance initially. Also, we work together with government subsidy programs since they’re also interested in protecting their farmers.” But getting farmers on board has never been easy, Goslinga told TechCrunch.

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Swoop Aero’s drones hit a million items delivered as the company raises for expansion

TechCrunch

Swoop has been providing transport and delivery of medical materials — medications as well as things like samples for labs — in south Malawi, DR Congo and other locations for the last three years, and recently delivered its millionth item and completed its 20,000th flight. This success has led to USAID awarding $1.5

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