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Digital Payment Grows in Philippines Amid COVID-19 Fears
Digital payments are fast gaining currency in the Philippines as consumers ditch cash to avoid physical contact on worries over catching coronavirus.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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What Startup Funding Will Look Like in a Post-COVID-19 World
A lot of VCs will take this time to do more of a reappraisal of their current portfolios than taking up new deals. However, some startups are still well poised to still garner some support in the funding sphere.
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- Coronavirus
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- startups, venture capital
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Pivot and Persist: Analytics Startup Uses AI to Monitor Social Distancing Amid Coronavirus
Amid coronavirus, Pune-based retail analytics startup Glimpse Analytics has repurposed its AI device to alert in case of social distancing and occupancy limit violations in stores and offices.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- South Asia
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Protecting Young Startups During COVID-19
The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than 60 percent of the world’s youth, about 700 million young people. It is estimated that they account for half of the jobless people in the region. Entrepreneurship offers a way out, and many are already taking this route.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Indian Startups Diversify Their Businesses to Offset COVID-19 Induced Losses
“This pandemic has given an opportunity to the Indian tech startup ecosystem to have a harder look at the unit-economics of their businesses and become more capital efficient in the shorter and longer-term,” Puneet Kumar, a growth investor in Indian startup ecosystem, told TechCrunch in an interview.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- South Asia
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How Social Impact Startups Are Solving Brazil’s COVID-19 Challenges
The persistent problem of inequality in Latin America leaves citizens more vulnerable to the coronavirus. Innovative platforms move towards balancing the scales.
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- Coronavirus
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- Latin America
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- edtech, healthcare technology, SDGs, startups
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Scaling Solar Irrigation to Fight the Global Food Crisis: Why Subsidies Could be the Solution
COVID-19 has triggered a global food emergency, as the number of people facing starvation could double to 265 million by the end of 2020. Samir Ibrahim at SunCulture explores how solar-powered irrigation systems can help smallholder farmers combat this crisis by drastically improving their yields – and discusses three reasons why smart subsidies can address the affordability barrier.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Energy
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Analysis: Can Agritech Turn the Tide for Farmers in Southeast Asia?
Agriculture has been one of the core pillars of human existence and development over the millennia and, while it continues to serve that crucial role today, the industry faces bigger challenges by the day.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Technology
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- South Asia
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- climate change, startups
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