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The $1.5 million project will support the implementation of digital trade facilitation systems in several African countries. Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia, are among the countries that will benefit from the project. The DATC project is expected to improve trade efficiency in Africa by reducing transaction costs, enhancing predictability, and reducing trade-related risks.

The World Bank and the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement) are providing $227 million in financing to Madagascar to help the country boost its climate-smart agriculture sector.

Turaco, Africa’s tech-enabled affordable insurance company, has acquired MicroEnsure Ghana from MIC Global.

Fingo Africa, a YC-backed fintech, has partnered with Ecobank to launch the first neobank in Kenya.