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The new fund will focus on investing in 20-25 tech startups in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The Global South Fund II aims to generate positive social and environmental impact in sectors such as healthcare, education, financial inclusion, and agriculture.
The fund’s investors include a mix of development finance institutions, family offices, and institutional investors from around the world.
Key among the investors in the fund includes Gates Ventures, the investment vehicle of tech mogul, Bill Gates. Other institutional investors include Crystal Springs Foundation, Inc., OIP Investment Trust, Sall Family Foundation, and Brakeman Family Trust, as well as two founders of Pioneer Square Labs. The Global South Fund II builds on the success of Capria’s first fund.

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), the flagship philanthropic enterprise spearheaded by Alibaba Philanthropy and rooted in the Jack Ma Foundation, has unveiled the 20 entrepreneurs selected to advance to the semi-finals of its prestigious 2025 competition.

ROAM, a Kenyan electric vehicle (EV) company, has introduced the Move, an all-electric shuttle bus that is the first of its kind to be built entirely in Kenya.

AltSchool Africa, a leading provider of creative and business education in Africa, has launched two new schools in Lagos and Abuja.