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Foko Madagascar: It Takes A Village To Raise An Idea

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Foko Blog Club, Foko Madagascar Flickr Photo Joan Razafmaharo is an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. FOKO was created after the TED Global conference: ???Africa The project was funded by Rising Voices , the outreach arm of Global Voices.

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

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One of the largest solar companies in Africa and Asia, Sun King , has raised $260 million in series D funding to deliver off-grid energy technologies to more people across the two continents. Part of the funding will be used to expand the business’ presence. Sun King has previously raised $170 million in equity and debt funding.

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Taptap Send raises $65M to build cross-border remittances focused on the most underserved markets

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Cross-border remittances — when people living and working abroad send money back home to friends and family — continues to be a huge part of how those living in developing countries, off the global financial grid, can be helped. on 2020, as parts of the global economy started to claw back growth after a tough 2020 due to Covid-19.

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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

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The commitment is contained under the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact , by leading energy buyers, suppliers, equipment manufacturers and governments, representing a global effort to accelerate the uptake of carbon-free electricity as a way of averting the perilous effects of climate change.

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TikTok for Good: The Nonprofit’s Guide to Marketing on TikTok

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unitedway The app you are on right now is helping fund this work! This TikTok by Charity: Water, below, educates viewers on the lack of clean water in Madagascar. charitywater About 50% of Madagascar’s population lacks access to clean water, but we’re on a mission to change that! Check out the examples below!

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Jambo raises $7.5M from Coinbase, Alameda Research to build “web3 super app” of Africa

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million in seed funding. The mix of positives such as a fast-growing population–the youngest globally–, solid smartphone penetration, increasing crypto adoption, and negatives like low GDP per capita across board and unemployment makes Africa the next ripe ground for web3.

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Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute?

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Over the next 2,000 years the crop spread from those regions to Madagascar and eventually took root in India, where it was first refined in about 500 BC. “The WWF number one source for biodiversity lost globally is cane sugar plantations,” Simmons said. From there, the sweetener spread across the known world.

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