UNDP launches “timbuktoo” financing initiative for African startups

Disrupt AfricaTom Jackson · 22 January 2024 at 09:00

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the “timbuktoo” initiative together with African countries, which it said is positioned to be “the world’s largest financing facility”, bringing catalytic and commercial capital together to support Africa’s startup ecosystem. President…
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