-
Tech for Good During COVID-19: Snorkels, Thank You Notes and Headspace
Everyone is living a different pandemic right now. Your relationship with shelter-in-place mandates and social distancing can look wildly different depending on your profession, age, health and, often, privilege. It’s why a week of monotony for some of us might mean a week of madness for others. The best we can do, as exhaustion and Zoom fatigue sets in, is try to be patient, kind and thoughtful.
- Categories
- Coronavirus
- Tags
- edtech
-
COVID-19 Has Stalled UN’s Goals to Reduce Global Hunger, Poverty and Climate Change
Crucial global goals to reduce hunger and poverty and curb climate change have gone backwards or stalled, the United Nations Secretary-General warns in a new report, as the Covid-19 outbreak moves from being a health crisis to becoming the “worst human and economic crisis of our lifetimes”. The number of people suffering hunger has increased, climate change is occurring faster than predicted, and inequality is increasing within and among countries, António Guterres said in his Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals or SDG 2020 report.
- Categories
- Coronavirus, Environment, Finance, Health Care
- Tags
- climate change
-
Viewpoint: Pandemic Is an Opportunity for Developing Nations
Now, dependence on China looks more and more dangerous.
- Categories
- Coronavirus
-
Omidyar Network Announces Initial Grants from COVID-19 Economic Response Advocacy Fund
Omidyar Network selected eight organizations in its initial round of funding from its to COVID-19 Economic Response Advocacy Fund. The Fund will infuse 501(c)(4) funding into national, state, and local advocacy and organizing efforts to address the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on working families.
- Categories
- Coronavirus
-
Post: 2019 Was a Record Year for VC Funding in Emerging Markets
Last year marked records for venture investment in a number of emerging private capital markets, including Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, India and CEE and CIS , according to a recent report by EMPEA.
- Categories
- Coronavirus
- Tags
- edtech, fintech, nonprofits
-
Pandemic-Proof Projects? Spring Lane Looks to Sustainable Waste
This impact investor is backing startups that promise to divert organic waste from landfills and turn it into clean energy and compost.
- Categories
- Coronavirus, Investing
-
Weathering a Perfect Storm – Part 2: Seven Ways Fintechs Can Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the financial services industry – particularly in emerging markets. In the second article of this two-part series, analysts at MSC explore seven key measures fintechs are taking to stay relevant, augment their recovery and build their resilience during the crisis.
- Categories
- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
-
Weathering a Perfect Storm – Part 1: The Challenges Facing Fintechs in Emerging Markets During COVID-19
Fintechs have proven their potential to deliver financial services to low- and middle-income customers in emerging markets. But even the most innovative approaches can fail in an economy devastated by COVID-19. In this article – the first in a two-part series – analysts at MSC explore the challenges and opportunities the pandemic brings to the fintech sector.
- Categories
- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology