Amini has raised $4 million toward launching its first satellite in early 2025 to improve Africa-focused environmental information, the Kenya-based climate data startup said Nov. 30. Salesforce Ventures and the Female Founders Fund led the seed funding round, joining investors who helped...
Kenya is preparing to make a recommendation to the East African Community (EAC) to set a minimum excise duty rate on alcoholic beverages in a regional tax harmonisation drive backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Kenya’s proposal is to have the region operate with a minimum...
Giyani Metals (TSXV: EMM) has secured a $16 million financing from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) to fund the development of its K.Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana. The IDC financing is the cornerstone of a $26 million funding package that...
Orangeville hearing clinic Hear Well Be Well took that adage to heart recently by taking used hearing aids otherwise destined for the landfill and delivering them those in need on the other side of the world. Co-CEOs John and Kathleen Tiede have had a relationship with the medical...
Russia is mulling plans to dispatch 200,000 tons of wheat free of charge to countries in need on the African continent by the end of the year, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Alexey Yerkhov told Turkish daily Sabah. “Russia proposed an initiative to deliver wheat free of charge to the...
