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

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Union54 , the first Zambian startup backed by Y Combinator, has gotten another major venture capital firm on its term sheet: Tiger Global. Tiger Global declined to comment on the investment. Tiger Global had invested in Nigerian startups Jobberman, Cheki and Wakanow, and South African e-commerce company Takealot this past decade.

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

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This investment in Sun King marks an incredible inflection point for the global off-grid solar industry,” said Walsh. Countries like South Sudan, Burundi, Chad, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Tanzania are among the least electrified in the world and could benefit from clean energy technologies.

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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. Image Credits: Husk Power Systems.

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

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The new funding, mPharma co-founder and CEO Gregory Rockson told TechCrunch, will be used to build the startup’s data infrastructure, triple its talent pool over the next three years and support expansion plans in its current and new markets. It is also rolling out an e-commerce platform for pharmaceuticals. “We

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mPharma, a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana, gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa

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Other existing investors include Silicon Valley backer Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital, Shravin Bharti Mittal of Bharti Global Limited-an Indian Conglomerate, Social Capital and Golden Palm Investments. mPharma also enjoys expertise backing from well experienced professions in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Health tech startup mPharma acquires Vine Pharmacy, enters Uganda

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Other existing investors include Silicon Valley backer Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital, Shravin Bharti Mittal of the Bharti Global Limited, Social Capital and Golden Palm Investments. Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi and Rwanda are the other markets the tech startup has operations in. s development finance institution, last year.

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

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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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