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NextBillion’s 2022 Reader and Guest Writer Survey: Share Your Views and Help Shape Our Coverage
As an open forum for the development through enterprise sector, almost all of NextBillion's content is guest written. That's why it's important for us to check in periodically with our writers and readers, to get a better sense of how well our coverage is suiting your needs – and what we could do better. To that end, we've put together a brief, six-question survey, and we invite both writers and readers to share your views. Your input will be highly valuable as we work to highlight the businesses, innovations, debates and leaders that are shaping the sector.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Automation and Employment in Latin America
This column reports evidence on the relationship between automation and employment in Latin America, analyzing data on five million workers in the six largest economies of the region over two decades.
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- Education, Technology
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- Latin America
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- employment
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India’s LEAD School Becomes Unicorn With Fresh $100 Million in Funding
LEAD School, a nine-year-old startup, is addressing this disconnect by leveraging an infrastructure that already has a wide reach in the nation: schools.
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- Asia Pacific
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GoStudent Successfully Raises $340 Million Series D Funding Round as It Pushes Into International Markets
The company is creating a leading global platform for K12 education and the speed at which they are growing is impressive.
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- Education
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- Latin America
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- edtech
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African Development Bank Approves USD $170 Million for Investment in Nigeria’s Digital, Creative Start-Ups
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a loan of US$170 million to finance a digital and creative enterprises program in Nigeria.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Ed-Tech Startup Edukoya Raises $3.5 Million Pre-Seed Round Led by Target Global
Launched in beta this month, Edukoya connects African students with the digital curriculum content and on-demand teachers for real-time online learning.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- edtech, innovation
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African Edtech Startup Ulesson Raises $15m, Backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent
Founded by Nigerian serial founder Sim Shagaya in 2019, uLesson came into the market when the pandemic hit last year.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- edtech, impact investing, startups
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Press Release: New Impact-linked Fund To Boost Inclusive And Equitable Education for Vulnerable Children And Youth in MENA and West Africa
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Kickstart the innovative “Impact-Linked Fund for Education” which Targets high-impact enterprises improving learning outcomes.
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- Global