Daily Digest Friday, 2 October 2020

Funding In Africa
Zambian Agritech Startup Secures $2.1-Million Funding
Carl Jensen, Co-founder, and CEO of Good Nature Agro explains that the investment capital will enable the startup to further its goals of assisting small-scale farmers by upscaling their current business model. Read more
Nine African Solar Companies Secure $2.6 million In Grants From Power Africa
Power Africa has announced the disbursement of $2.6million in grants to solar companies to provide off-grid electricity to 288 healthcare facilities across sub-Saharan Africa. Read more

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Digital payments seeing second growth spurt after demonetisation, says fintech report by Matrix Partners India
In a report titled ‘State of India Fin+Tech’ by Matrix Partners India, with McKinsey & Company as the knowledge partner, the investment firm highlighted that fintech startups still have a ray of hope. While lending may have been severely impacted, wealth management and insurance tech recorded growth. Read more
Agritech trends: Use of data science in agriculture
The Food and Agriculture per capita GDP in the US is ~ US$ 40,000. Even with the largest area of land under agriculture in the world, agricultural yield per hectare is still low for major crops in India. The gap in productivity and efficiency in the Indian farm and agriculture sector is a glaring one. Read more
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