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Analysis: Earth Day 2022: Questionable Momentum With A Side Order Of Panic
Just a few examples from the energy sector show the good momentum toward environmental sustainability.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- Global
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- climate change, recycling
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Newton School Secures $25 Million in Funding Led by Steadview Capital
The capital raised will be used to accelerate the company's growth and expand its team, technology and brand building initiatives, the company said.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Financepeer Bags $31 Million in Funding From QED, Aavishkaar Capital
The company had raised $3 million in 2020 from MS Fincap, Danube, Aar Em Ventures, Angelbay Holdings, JITO Angel Network, and HEM Angels.
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Covid-19 Crushes Career Dreams of Young Latin Americans
Millions of students in Colombia and across Latin America, have been forced to leave higher education due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, experts say.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- Latin America
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Nigerian Ed-Tech Startup Klas Raises $130K Angel Funding Round
Nigerian ed-tech startup Klas, which allows anyone to set up an online school and deliver live classes, has raised a US$130,000 angel funding round to help it scale.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- edtech
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World Bank Freezes $600 Million Afghan Fund Over Girls’ School Ban
The World Bank has suspended four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million after the Taliban-led acting government's decision to ban girls from returning to public high schools.
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- Education
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- North Africa & Near East
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- governance
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India’s Classplus Raises $70 Million to Help Teachers and Creators Expand Their Reach
A Noida-based startup that is helping teachers and creators operate, manage and sell courses to students has raised $70 million in a new financing round.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- edtech, global development, startups
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Getting Children Back to School: Lessons Learned from Uganda as it Ends the World’s Longest COVID-19 Shutdown
Uganda recently reopened schools after the world’s longest COVID-19 shutdown. Due to limited access to online education, most young people had not been learning for nearly two years – and officials estimate that roughly a third won't ever return to school. Atul Tandon and Andrew McCusker at Opportunity International explore the impact of pandemic closures on low-cost private schools in the country, discuss the particular risks of school closures for girls, and share three key lessons that can help schools successfully reopen and bring students back to the classroom.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- COVID-19, gender equality, youth