State and local governments, public companies, banks, and transport industry. In general any big enterprise which could result in generation of worplaces, and helped boost economy could count on getting loans. There was a shortage of credit after the great depression, and RFC aimed to help with financing.
Bantu introduced several crops while migrating across Africa, yams, sorghum and millet.
The French, Spain, and Minutemen
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik in October 1957.