Agritech startup DeHaat raises $12M to reach more farmers in India

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second $50M+ VC round  TechCrunchAfrican Financial Startup JUMO Notches $55M  pymnts.comGoldman Sachs leads $55m raise in South African fintech Jumo  Quartz AfricaView Full coverage on Google News

Pre-school EdTech startup Lingumi raises £4m, adds some free services during Covid-19  TechCrunchEdtech startup Lingumi raises £4m  UKTNView Full coverage on Google News

Overstock Plots Global Expansion for Blockchain-Based Agritech Platform  Cointelegraph

SATF grants 12m/- for church education projects
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A TOTAL of 11.7m/- has been issued by the Social Action Trust Fund (SATF) for implementing various educational projects by organizations under the Free Pentecostal Church of Tanzania (FPCT). SATF, which is dedicated to funding projects for children ...

Kampala. Uganda on Monday stood by plans to send more than 240 of its health workers to the Caribbean despite a Belgian threat to cut 11 million euros in aid. Last week Belgium’s cooperation minister, Alexander De Croo, said his country was suspending a transfer of development money destined for the east African nation’s health sector.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday it requires 12 million U.S. dollars to help it mitigate effects of El Nino phenomenon in Somalia.

Dar pupils win 12m in Blue Band contest
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Unilever Tanzania Ltd presented 12m/- cash prizes to two primary school pupils who won in pupils' puzzle challenge. The presentation ceremony was held at Mgulani Primary School in Dar es Salaam. The lucky winners who received six million each are ...

When Asan­terabi Malima was 15, his father suf­fered a fatal heart attack at 57. He had been an accom­plished scholar and min­ister in the Tan­zanian gov­ern­ment. “Everyone in my family is in pol­i­tics,” said Malima, PhD’13, a grad­uate of the Depart­ment of Elec­trical and Com­puter Engi­neering and now a post­doc­toral researcher in Northeastern’s Center for High Rate Nanoman­u­fac­turing.  They all expected he’d keep with the family busi­ness, but his father’s early passing set Malima...

YC startup Felix wants to replace antibiotics with programmable viruses  TechCrunch