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Italy Contributes Eur 5.5 Million to African Development Bank Group’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund, to Foster Job Opportunities, Economic Growth
The African Development Bank founded the Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund in 2017, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship as well as to create durable and sustainable jobs for youth on the continent.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: 100X Impact Accelerator Announces Inaugural Cohort of Future Social Unicorns
The diverse cohort consists of social ventures spanning a range of sectors, geographies, and demographics.
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care, Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Global
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- accelerators, agtech, edtech, innovation, startups
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Talstack Launches With $850,000 Pre-Seed Funding to Upskill Africa’s Workforce
Talstack launches to enable businesses upskill their employees with tools, content, courses, and insights from top African professionals and entrepreneurs.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A $22-Billion Indian Tech Darling Runs Afoul of Lenders
Add Indian education startup Byju’s to the growing list of companies that became victims of their own success during the pandemic.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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The Global Impact of South-South Cooperation: The Case for Teaching Developing Countries’ Solutions to Business Students Worldwide
South-South Cooperation empowers developing countries to create home-grown solutions to development problems, and to share them with other countries in the Global South. According to Mette Morsing at Principles for Responsible Management Education, the business sector has a key role to play in scaling these solutions in both the Global South and North. But for that to happen, she argues that business schools must focus on increasing knowledge exchange between emerging market innovators and their peers in the developed and developing worlds.
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- Education, Technology
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India’s Scaler Acquires Local Edtech Firm to Bolster Offerings
Scaler, an India-based edtech firm, has acquired Pepcoding for an undisclosed amount.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Asian Development Bank Investing $25 Million in Private Equity Fund to Grow Middle-Market Companies in Southeast Asia
The multilateral lender signed a $25 million equity investment in the private equity fund managed by Singapore-headquartered investment firm Exacta.
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- Education, Finance, Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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Kerala to Open 210 Skill Development Centres for School Dropouts
Kerala education department and Samagra Shiksha Kerala are launching these under the World Bank-supported STARS programme.
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- Education
- Region
- Asia Pacific