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

TechCrunch

Also, we work together with government subsidy programs since they’re also interested in protecting their farmers.” Its clientele includes the likes of the World Food Programme and Central Bank of Nigeria as well as the Zambian and Kenyan governments. “With our latest funding, now is the time to break into new ground.

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

TechCrunch

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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Constituent Empowerment, as old as Lady Liberty

Connection Cafe

Of course we saw Central Park and the Zoo therein, to see if the animals from Madagascar were hanging out, and we saw FAO Schwartz and Times Square and the Empire State Building. The French government extended the gift of the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876, in recognition of our first 100 years as a nation.

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

TechCrunch

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. Australian diabetes experts are urging the Federal Government to consider imposing a sugar tax to tackle the growing problem. From there, the sweetener spread across the known world.

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In a ‘big blow’ to public health, the State Department will no longer share global air quality data

Fast Company Tech

government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health. In Africa, the program provided air quality data for over a dozen countries including Senegal, Nigeria, Chad, and Madagascar.

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