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Press Release: Vice President Harris Announces Public-Private Partnership Has Generated More Than $5.2 Billion in Private Sector Commitments for Northern Central America
More than $1 billion in new commitments announced today will create economic opportunity and help address the root causes of migration in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Latin America
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Press Release: Impact Fund Manager Investisseurs & Partenaires Joins Forces with Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Under this newly forged partnership, both I&P and Miller Center will amplify the number and quality of social enterprises in their respective programs.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Democratic Democratic Republic of Congo: African Development Bank to Lend $117 Million to Support Agricultural Transformation
The project will make it possible to carry out a feasibility study on establishing a one-stop shop for issuing permits and licenses for climate-smart agricultural investments.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Aligning Empowerment with Profitability: Three Business Practices That Support Both Women and the Bottom Line
Women are more career-focused than ever, but their representation in global business leadership is not keeping pace. Verónica Lawson Vilches at The Word on Record argues that empowering women in the workplace shouldn’t be viewed merely as a social goal. She highlights three business practices at Girl Power Talk, an India-based social enterprise that provides women and other young people with job skills and work opportunities, to show how efforts to boost women's empowerment can also give businesses a competitive edge.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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An African Approach to Online Education: An Innovative Platform Aims to Prepare the Continent’s Youth for the Jobs of the Future
By 2050, one in every four individuals in the world will be African. In response to this demographic shift, it's essential to ensure that young Africans possess the necessary skills to compete in the global job market. But according to Adewale Yusuf at AltSchool Africa, conventional educational approaches have failed to meet these students' unique needs. He explains how AltSchool Africa developed an online platform based on African approaches to learning, and how the platform provides young students with the job skills they need to succeed in an increasingly global economy.
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- Education, Technology
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Nigerian Fintech Mamamoni, Dedicated to Women Empowerment, Receives €250,000 to Expand Agent Network
The investment is particularly aimed towards expanding its network of female agents, a task in which the VFD Microfinance Bank will provide assistance.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Edtech Startup Klas Secures $1 Million to Empower Aspiring Educators Globally
Nigerian edtech startup Klas has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to fuel its mission of making online education accessible and empowering content creators worldwide.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AltSchool Africa Launches in Kenya to Continue East-African Push
The startup which has 60,000 in over 100 countries provides courses aimed at fast-tracking entry into global tech roles.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa