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YouthAdapt challenge

Youth-led African enterprises awarded $800,000 at Conference of the Parties (COP28) for climate solutions

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Eight dynamic African young women-led businesses emerged as winners of the 2023 YouthAdapt challenge. Each business will receive grant funding of up to $100,000. They will also receive a comprehensive mentorship and coaching as part of a 12-month accelerator program. Since its launch in 2021, the YouthADAPT initiative (https://apo-opa.co/49ZU0zH) has provided more than $5 million to […]

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Rwanda Climate Finance

Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership Powers Innovative Climate Action

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The Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership, which was launched at the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, will further power innovative climate action thanks to additional contributions from the Government of Rwanda. The partnership is supported by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Union and Team Europe, the European Investment Bank (EIB) (EIB.org), […]

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Verdant Capital advises Open Access Data Centres (OADC) on landmark Joint Venture Agreement with Texaf

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A landmark joint venture agreement (“JVA”) between Africa’s leading data centre operator, Open Access Data Centres (“OADC”), a WIOCC Group company, and TEXAF, one of the DRC’s oldest business groups, was signed this past July. The JVA crystallizes the two parties’ intention to usher in the next evolution of the DRC’s digital ecosystem by launching […]

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YouthADAPT

Call for applications – YouthADAPT Challenge 2023: empowering Africa’s female tech innovators to tackle climate change

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The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (https://apo-opa.info/3s7IvoI), a joint initiative of the African Development Bank (http://www.AfDB.org) and the Global Center on Adaptation, has launched a call for applications for the third edition of the YouthADAPT Challenge, which seeks to support young entrepreneurs driving solutions to tackle climate change. The annual YouthADAPT competition invites young entrepreneurs leading […]

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Backbase

Backbase launches Grand Central, its new-gen integration solution, and dedicates $10 million fund to fuel innovation

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Backbase (www.Backbase.com), a leading Engagement Banking Platform provider, is thrilled to announce the launch of Grand Central, its groundbreaking Integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS). This revolutionary offering is set to empower banks in expediting their modernization and digital transformation endeavors. Banks spend significant portions of their budgets and resources on creating, maintaining, and decommissioning point-to-point integrations across […]

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OSP Petitions CJ for Removal of Justice Twum from Cecilia Dapaah Case

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In a significant legal development, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has lodged a petition with Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, urging the removal of Justice Edward Twum from overseeing the case pertaining to the confirmation application against the seizure and freezing of assets belonging to former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah. The OSP is poised […]

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Hogan Assessments

Business Success in Africa: Hogan Assessments to Host Pan-African Virtual

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Hogan Assessments, the global leader in workplace personality assessment, will host a Pan-African virtual conference on Tuesday, October 24, to explore how personality impacts business outcomes in Africa and beyond. The free event, hosted in collaboration with authorized Hogan distributors Career Connections, JVR Africa Group, and Phoenix Consulting International, will feature compelling case studies from […]

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Western Union Enables International Money Transfers for Morocco Earthquake Victims and Relief Donations

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Western Union (www.WesternUnion.com) today announced that consumers can now use its international money transfer services to send donations directly to the Government of Morocco’s special fund in support of victims and relief efforts. Donations In response to the devastating earthquake that struck the Al-Houz region of Morocco on Sept. 8, the Government of Morocco established a […]

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