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EV Revolution: Paving the Way for a Cleaner, Greener India
India is the third largest consumer of energy. The march towards a net zero carbon goal by 2070 hinges on sustainable mobility practices.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Companies’ ESG Work During 2023
The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has attracted its fair share of criticism in recent years just as it has become central to the conversation about how to scale up and improve ESG performance across corporate America.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Global
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HealthAtom Secures a $10 Millions Series a to Improve Access to Healthcare in Latin America
HealthAtom seeks to move from serving 42 million patients a year through its solutions to 300 million a year.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Latin America
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China Wants to Corner Another Segment of the Global Auto Industry: Car Shipping
Chinese state media described the specialized car transport ships as "money-printing machines at sea."
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Colombian Startup Rocketfy Gets $2 Million in Seed Funding Round
The Colombian startup allows entrepreneurs to create their own e-commerce platforms.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- e-commerce, startups
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Mastercard’s Farmpass Reaches One Million Smallholders in India
Mastercard today announced that it has reached the milestone of benefiting over one million smallholder farmers in India through Farm Pass.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Lok Capital Logs First Close of Its Fourth Fund at $90 Million
The fourth fund will invest in financial services, including fintech, health-tech, food and agri-tech, and climate tech.
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- Agriculture, Education, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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KYC is a Journey, Not a Destination: The Value of Know-Your-Customer Innovation for African Tech Startups
Identity theft is increasingly common in Africa, and the problem is likely to get worse. According to Lanre Ogungbe at Identitypass, digital access is expanding rapidly on the continent, and tech startups are under pressure to create frictionless signup processes for new users, which sometimes comes at the expense of better security. He argues that this has created an urgent need for better Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, and explores why tech startups should view KYC not as a regulatory obligation, but rather as an opportunity for innovation that can improve their products, protect their customers and increase their business success.
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- Finance, Technology
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