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The Global Impact of South-South Cooperation: The Case for Teaching Developing Countries’ Solutions to Business Students Worldwide
South-South Cooperation empowers developing countries to create home-grown solutions to development problems, and to share them with other countries in the Global South. According to Mette Morsing at Principles for Responsible Management Education, the business sector has a key role to play in scaling these solutions in both the Global South and North. But for that to happen, she argues that business schools must focus on increasing knowledge exchange between emerging market innovators and their peers in the developed and developing worlds.
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- Education, Technology
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Electric Vehicle Financing Startup RevFin Raises $5 Million in Debt
Revfin last raised $10 million in a Series A funding round in October 2022 from Green Frontier Capital and LC Nueva Investment Partners.
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- Energy, Finance, Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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- e-mobility, fintech, startups
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HAUL247 Raises $3 Million Seed Funding to Drive Innovation in Africa’s Logistics Industry
Investment will support Haul247 in increasing its market share in Nigeria, expanding to other African markets, recruiting talent, and developing its technology.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mexico City Joins Global Plastic Waste Reduction Commitment
As part of its commitment, Mexico City’s government will promote the elimination of plastic products.
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- Technology, WASH
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- Latin America
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Press Release: Digibee Receives $60 Million Series B Funding to Continue Focusing on Growth and Expansion in the US and on Further Success in Latin America
This partnership announcement with Digibee reinforces the commitment of our Growth Equity business in Latin America.
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- Technology
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HealthifyMe Secures $30 Million Funding From LeapFrog, Khosla Ventures in Bengaluru
Bengaluru-based HealthifyMe, which has raised over $100 million so far, will use the funds to develop its AI-powered products.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Nestlé Partners With VC Fund to Invest in Sustainable Startups in Latin America
The plan is to back nascent agri-food industry businesses to find technology solutions in food production and agricultural methods.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Asian Development Bank Signs $44.2 Million Blue Loan With ALBA to Reduce Ocean Plastic Waste in Indonesia
The Indonesian government has implemented policy initiatives targeting a 70% reduction in plastic waste leakage by 2025.
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- Environment, Technology, WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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- blue economy, infrastructure, recycling, waste, water
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