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

TechCrunch

When Goslinga met Njeru in 2008, she worked for Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA). They include Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds. million farmers.

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Shell-founded startup fund receives $13 million from Canadian DFI to accelerate clean energy access in Africa

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The $120 million EEGF, which was founded in 2019 by the Shell Foundation — and co-funded by UKaid and the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank FMO, extends financing in the form of debt (catalytic or mezzanine) or equity to businesses in the energy sector.

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

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Patients in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia, where mPharma has a presence, now have access to the virtual services. We are transforming community pharmacies into the foundation of a modern health system in Africa. We will have a Mutti pharmacy in every community on the continent.

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Health tech startup mPharma acquires Vine Pharmacy, enters Uganda

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mPharma disclosed to TechCrunch that it has acquired a 55 percent stake previously held by the Abraaj Group, a private equity firm that collapsed after investors, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, sounded an alarm over the administration of its $1 billion healthcare fund. The firm also partnered with Mt.

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Three ways to quickly analyze fundraising performance with Tableau

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These decisions are best made with strong conviction and a foundation of rock-solid data. . Eric Dayton, Director of Data at buildOn , faced many unknowns when he came home from Malawi on March 3rd, a week before the COVID shutdown. That spreadsheet grew into a system teams relied on, but it didn’t function or scale well.

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Three ways to quickly analyze fundraising performance with Tableau

Tableau

These decisions are best made with strong conviction and a foundation of rock-solid data. . Eric Dayton, Director of Data at buildOn , faced many unknowns when he came home from Malawi on March 3rd, a week before the COVID shutdown. That spreadsheet grew into a system teams relied on, but it didn’t function or scale well.