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Aviom India Housing Finance Secures $30 Million in Funding
Aviom India Housing Finance, a micro-mortgage lender focused on serving low-income households in rural and semi-urban areas.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- housing
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Solar Power Provider Seeks $100 Million for Nigeria Expansion
WATT Renewable Corp aims to raise as much as $100-million by the end of 2024 to expand its business of providing solar power.
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- Energy, Investing, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indonesia’s DS/X Ventures Seeks $15 Million for Debut Fund
DS/X Ventures is raising $15 million for its maiden fund in a bid to back early-stage startups in the archipelago.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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- startups, venture capital
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Press Release: World Bank Supports Ghana to Expand, and Enhance Social Safety Nets, Including for 3.6 Million School Children
As part of Ghana’s program with the IMF, the Government of Ghana has made commitments to safeguard and increase social spending to protect the poor and vulnerable during this time of fiscal distress.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Inter-American Development Bank Approves $400 Million Loan to Develop Chile’s Green Hydrogen Industry
Green hydrogen is made using renewable energy to split water by electrolysis, without producing greenhouse gases.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Latin America
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Nigeria’s BUA Gets $500 Million Funding to Develop New Cement Lines
The funding would help the company part-finance and develop two new, energy-efficient cement production lines at its plant in Sokoto state.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- infrastructure, renewable energy, solar, waste
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Press Release: Symbiotics Investments Provides a US $10 Million Gender-Focused Bond to Khan Bank in Mongolia
This is the first bond in Mongolia with the explicit purpose of supporting the SDGs through a gender lens.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Malaysian Insurtech Startup PolicyStreet Bags US $15.4 Million in Series B Funding Led by Khazanah
The investment in PolicyStreet aims to improve insurance penetration within unserved and underserved communities in Malaysia.
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- Investing, Technology
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- South Asia