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MyHealth Africa, a Startup Connecting Patients With Health Specialists Across the Globe, Lands $1 Million Funding
Kenya-based MyHealth Africa is an integrated healthcare platform changing how people access medical services.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Announcing NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2022: Vote for Your Favorite!
It's time for NextBillion's “Most Influential Article of the Year” contest, in which we select our 12 most-read articles from the past year and invite readers to choose their favorites. We welcome you to read the articles and to vote by scrolling down to the voting app at the bottom of this announcement — or at the individual articles in the contest, which are linked in this announcement and posted on our homepage. You can vote up to one time per hour during the voting period, which will run from Dec. 21 to Jan. 3. We wish you a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year!
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Energy, Environment, Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
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Press Release: IFC and Australia Launch New Partnership to Boost Private Sector Growth in Vietnam
At least $300 million in private investments in Vietnam is expected to be unlocked by a new partnership between IFC and the Australian Government.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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VCs Pledge to Invest $1.5 Billion in Vietnam Startups
A group of more than 40 VC firms pledged to invest US$1.5 billion in Vietnamese startups over the next few years.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- startups, venture capital
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U.S. Sustainable Investing Assets Plunge by More Than US $8 Trillion
A new report says a greenwashing crackdown by the U.S. SEC is partly driving massive reassessment of ESG assets.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, greenwashing
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Pan-African Early-Stage Firm Ventures Platform Closes Fund, Hits $46 Million
Ventures Platform, a Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, has closed its fund at $46 million as it looks to double down on “category-leading” companies across the continent.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: The ESG Power 50 Announces the Middle East’s 50 Most Influential ESG Leaders of 2022
The ESG Power 50 is an initiative launched to recognise the trailblazers in the Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) function.
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- Environment, Investing, Social Enterprise
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- North Africa & Near East
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European Investment Bank Approves €24 Billion for Business, Transport, Social and Climate Investment
The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) today approved €23.6 billion of new financing.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- Global