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Apple Supplier Foxconn to Invest $500 Million in India’s Telangana State
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) will invest $500 million to set up manufacturing plants in the southern Indian state of Telangana, the state's IT minister said on Monday.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Investors Unite to Back Ukraine in Historic Fund
U.S., EU and global institutions join forces to boost growth capital available for Ukrainian entrepreneurs, championing the first 2X Flagship Fund in Central and Eastern Europe.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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- international trade, MSMEs
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Press Release: Vantage Capital Signs a €30 Million Deal with Promamec
This investment will enable Promamec to finance its development plan that involves strengthening its positioning in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- insurance
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Report: Bringing Regenerative Agriculture to Africa: Kenyan Farmers Are Enthusiastic but Need Better Packaged Info
Enviu just released a report detailing the results of a survey it conducted with 50 Kenya farmers to get their take on Regenerative Agriculture.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Adani Firms Dropped From UN-Backed List Of Green Firms In Latest Blow
Three of Adani Group’s publicly traded companies have been removed from an influential list of companies committed to acting against climate change.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- climate change, ESG, failure
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Accelerating Systems Change: An Innovative Accelerator Shows How Funders Can Amplify Social Enterprises’ Impact by Transforming Their Funding Model
There’s a growing belief that lasting solutions to today's complex challenges will require fundamental changes to the systems that underlie these issues. According to Celia Sanchez-Valladares Barahona, Stella Printezi and Lucía Tornero at Ashoka, social entrepreneurs are well-placed to accelerate systems change, but the funding models they rely on may end up prolonging the issues they're trying to solve. They explain how funders can transform these increasingly outdated models to better support long-term, systemic change, as illustrated by an accelerator co-created by Ashoka and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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HOMA2U Raises $875K in Pre-series a Funding to Fuel Regional Expansion
HOMA2U plans to use the funds to accelerate its regional expansion, develop new products, and expand its market capitalisation value.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- accelerators, ESG, startups
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Press Release: World Bank Group Launches Business Ready Project
The World Bank Group has begun work to assess the business and investment climate in up to 180 economies under its flagship Business Ready project.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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