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

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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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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. 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. The company was founded in 2007 by T.

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

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They include Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. Last month, SunCulture, a Kenyan startup that provides solar power systems, water pumps and irrigation systems for small-scale farmers, raised $14 million. . million farmers.

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

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So despite having the largest payment infrastructure in Africa, we want to have arguably all the important payments systems in the world on our platform.” They include Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles and South Africa.

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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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Shell-founded startup fund receives $13 million from Canadian DFI to accelerate clean energy access in Africa

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Yellow, which has operations in Malawi and Uganda and allows households and small businesses to pay for solar systems through installments, received $4 million, while Baobab+ got $2.3 The startup targets to install more than 85 MWp of solar power across the continent.

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

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” “Together, we see a great opportunity for the essential services and large Solar Home Systems offerings provided by Qotto,” said Lenoir. The expansion, to take place by September this year, will happen alongside that of IBL, which is planning to “to strengthen its position in East Africa and to develop its renewable energies exposure.”