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

The Next Web

Also in the New Year, Rosenberg’s team of five is continuing to partner with various organizations like the National Alzheimer’s Association, to reach a new audience and provide a product that’s not only stand out, but does good. Charity:water’s latest campaign for 2014 is focused around donating to the people of Malawi, Africa.

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Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by $8M funding

TechCrunch

Qotto , a solar kits provider with operations in Burkina Faso and Benin, has raised $8 million in a Series A equity-debt round led by the IBL group, a billion-dollar conglomerate headquartered in Mauritius with business interests in a number of sectors including energy, financial services, logistics, distribution, and engineering.

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How to Use Causes for Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal

NTEN

Nonprofits have already raised over $26 million using Causes -- and to start the giving season off, we recently announced that your causes will soon be able to publish to members' News Feeds (like a Fan Page can now). Using this tool, the National Wildlife Federation has raised over $100,000 for their oil spill work in the Gulf Coast.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

In "The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty" , Princeton University professor Peter Singer famously highlights one study in which individuals who were shown a picture of a girl named Rokia and told her story were willing to give far more than when asked to help three million hungry children in Malawi. You'd be wrong.

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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 renewable energy firm revealed the plans today when it announced the signing of a voluntary commitment with the United Nations to grow its energy market in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Husk has to date raised $40 million from investors, including the Shell energy company and the Dutch Development bank FMO.

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

TechCrunch

A far cry from Nigeria and South Africa’s bubbling tech ecosystem, Zambia has a relatively quiet startup and venture capital scene; therefore, Tiger Global’s participation in Union54’s seed round is a massive win for the southern African nation. It currently has a lean team of 10 located in Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and Europe.

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

TechCrunch

Founded in 2013 by Rockson , Daniel Shoukimas and James Finucane , mPharma is one of the well-funded startups across Africa raising over $50 million since inception, this includes a Series C round of $17 million, led by UK’s development arm CDC Group, it received last year. We currently have five centers open.

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