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Flutterwave and PayPal collaborate to allow African merchants to accept and make payments

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That might be a thing of the past for some businesses as African payments company Flutterwave today is announcing a collaboration with PayPal to allow PayPal customers globally to pay African merchants through its ‘Pay with PayPal’ feature. Going by this partnership, we can expect the majority of them to be global plays.

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

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Its current systems can power lights, mobile phones and small home appliances like TVs. This investment in Sun King marks an incredible inflection point for the global off-grid solar industry,” said Walsh. Sun King is leading a global transformation in the way we provide electricity to consumers in Africa and Asia. “Sun

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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

Charity:water’s latest campaign for 2014 is focused around donating to the people of Malawi, Africa. Soko is a Nairobi and NYC-based, women-founded and run social enterprise system, equipped with mobile technology in developing markets. A video released on December 23 garnered 4K YouTube views in just three hours.

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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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Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. Image Credits: Husk Power Systems. 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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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. Other investors include Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures.

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

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He said that mPharma already provides about 10,000 physician consultations to patients at the startup’s network of pharmacies, and that the new system will enable them to do it electronically too, reaching more people. This is what makes mPharma’s telemedicine unique,” Rockson told TechCrunch.

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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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