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What Happened to the Just Energy Transition Grant Funding?
Take a closer look at the Just Energy Transition grants register and some of the key trends, to determine who the money has gone to, when it was disbursed and what it was spent on.
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- Global
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Entrepreneurs in Africa Win $400,000 to Fight Poverty
Inaugural FINCA Ventures Prize Competition Supports Women and African Entrepreneurs.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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People Want Their 401(K) Plans to Align With Their Values, Survey Finds
The global insights consultancy GlobeScan and the climate policy think tank InfluenceMap surveyed 5,000 retail investors.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Ghanaian E-health Startup Rivia Acquires Local SaaS Company Waffle to Expand Digital Healthcare Network
Ghana-based e-health startup Rivia collaborates with clinics to enhance service quality in the healthcare sector.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: African Startups and Investors Must Now Make a Case for Their Existence as Funding Dries Up
With individuals and investors flush with cash, the standards for raising venture capital fell, and many startups that would not have otherwise raised venture capital did.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups, venture capital
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Brazil’s Pix Payments Are Killing Cash. Are Credit Cards Next?
In three years, Brazil's hugely popular Pix payment system has become the country's favorite way to pay, replacing cash and wire transfers in many cases and now threatening the dominance of credit cards in the booming e-commerce sector.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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InfraCo Africa Invests in Climate-Resilient Agriculture
SunCulture offers farmers a more sustainable route to managing climate-induced variability of rainfall and displaces the need to use expensive, polluting fuel-based pumps.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IKEA Foundation Backs Emerging Market EV Push With $100 Million Grant
The grant, one of the IKEA Foundation's largest ever charitable donations, will support local partners working to tackle key barriers to expansion.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- Global