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KawiSafi Fund Gets $10 Million Boost from AfDB for Climate Projects
The $200 million KawiSafi Fund II focuses on energy transition, productivity, mobility, and logistics in sub-Saharan Africa.
Amar Inamdar, Managing Director of KawiSafi Ventures, hailed the AfDB’s investment as “catalytic,” emphasizing its role in attracting additional capital to the fund.
KawiSafi Fund I, the fund’s predecessor, has already demonstrated success through investments in companies like d.light, Bboxx, and BioLite.
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