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Kenya Is the First Country in Africa to Teach Coding as a School Subject
Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, announced coding will be added as a subject in primary and secondary schools.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- cybersecurity, employment
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Jodo Raises $15 Million In Series A Funding in India
The fund will be utilized to accelerate product innovation and sales, and further grow the Jodo team in India.
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- Education, Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- fintech
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upGrad Closes Investment Round of USD $210 Million
upGrad, Asia's higher edtech major, has announced a fresh round of fundraise from marquee investors and Family Offices who join the company cap-table.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Global
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- edtech, skill development
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UpGrad Valued at $2.25 Billion in Latest Round of Funding
Additionally, it is now finalizing deals with four more education companies, bringing its total to 12 businesses.
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- Education
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- Asia Pacific
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- edtech
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Press Release: The Rockefeller Foundation Launches the Vaccination Action Network to Strengthen Health Systems and Scale Up Covid-19 Vaccinations in sub-Saharan Africa
The Vaccination Action Network is designed to strengthen health systems while scaling up Covid-19 vaccine demand strategies in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- COVID-19
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Accomplishing the Impossible: Lessons on Scaling From BRAC Founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Countless books and articles have addressed the challenges of going to scale in the development sector — yet a systematic approach to scaling remains out of reach. However, as Scott MacMillan at BRAC USA explains, BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed was arguably more successful than anyone at scaling effective poverty programs. He shares insights from his new book on Abed's life and work, which sheds light on how BRAC has created and scaled programs to an extent that no other nonprofit or social enterprise has managed to achieve.
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- Education, Finance, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Pan-African CAIF Fund Closes at $112.8 Million
Tunisia-based multi-asset investment platform AfricInvest and US-based VC firm Cathay Innovation, have completed the final close of their joint Pan-African venture fund.
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- Education, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Byju’s Struggles to Close $800 Million Round in India
The delayed funding for India's most valuable startup is likely to trigger renewed concerns about India's consumer technology industry, where public valuations on major players from Zomato to Paytm have crashed in recent months.
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- Education, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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