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Social Distancing Mandate Gives Rise to New Job Roles in Factories
A new set of roles pertaining to shop-floor coordination to maintain six-feet distance between workers as well as sanitisation of workplace and employees has opened up amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- manufacturing
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Coronavirus May Cost Africa $4.8 Billion in Crop Exports
The coronavirus pandemic could cost Africa as much as $4.8 billion in lost agricultural exports and affect the livelihoods of 10 million farmers, McKinsey & Co. said.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: After COVID-19, a Rural Revolution Can Drive Sustainable Recovery
After coronavirus, nothing less than a revolution in rural sustainable development can prevent another crisis.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Technology
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The Pandemic is Hurting China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Some BRI projects are stalling as countries struggle to repay related debts.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Social Entrepreneur Building Rural Economy, Urges MFIs to Launch Disaster Fund
Yunus, was speaking on June 6, Saturday, at a webinar organised by Sa-Dhan, the platform for Indian MFIs
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- Coronavirus, Environment, Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Mobile Telecoms Discusses the New and Emerging Business Models Amidst COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its catastrophic effects, has not spared the economies of the various countries as it sweeps across the globe.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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Renewables in Focus to Revive Energy Sector as Economies Ease Lockdowns
A sudden slump in energy consumption due to worldwide lockdown caused by the COVID-19 had threatened the energy transition due to a plunge in oil prices. However, as predicted by COE-EDP clean energy and inward-looking policies are the focus of the reviving energy sector across economies in the post-lockdown period.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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How Coronavirus Slashed Trips to Kenyan Atms to an All-Time Low in April
In April, the value of money transacted through cards and point-of-sale machines declined by a third to Sh35.2 billion from Sh52.1 billion in March.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- financial health
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