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The Controversial Silicon Valley-funded Quest to Educate the World’s Poorest Kids
Faith works for Bridge International Academies, a Valley-backed chain of schools in Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda, and India.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Education Technology is a Global Opportunity
$8.15 billion. That’s the amount global investors staked in edtech companies in the first 10 months of 2017.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Has global development reached ‘peak blockchain hype?’
More than simply providing digital identification documents, the system seeks to bring the population out of financial exclusion and address the challenges of the statelessness they face between the bouts of repression that gain international attention, said Noor, who teaches bitcoin mining and trading to Rohingya diaspora.
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- Technology
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Why an Activist Hedge Fund Cares Whether Apple’s Devices Are Bad for Kids
The truth is that the worlds of activism and impact investing are converging much more swiftly than most people realize — and this union holds enormous promise for those who wish to see the creation of capital markets that support sustainable economic development.
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- Investing, Technology
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- North America
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- impact investing
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Uber rival Grab acquires Indian startup to bulk up its mobile payment platform
The deal — which is undisclosed — will see iKaaz’s engineering team join the Bangalore-based engineering office which Grab opened last year. The firm declined to say how many new recruits are moving over from iKaaz, but a spokesperson disclosed that Grab currently has 75 engineers in Bangalore with plans to grow the number to 200 before this year.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- digital payments, startups
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Michael and Susan Dell Foundation-backed Education Catalyst Fund makes two bets
Education Catalyst Fund, which is managed by global philanthropic organization Michael and Susan Dell Foundation-backed CBA Capital, has made two more investments in the education space.
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- Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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MTN and Vanu partner to bring connectivity to rural Rwandans
MTN and Vanu have announced the integration of the two networks with an aim to extend MTN’s Network in rural areas which are currently unconnected in Rwanda.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release: Ulula Raises $1 Million in Seed Funding to Improve Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Ulula, a software and analytics platform that equips companies with tools to monitor human rights risks, announced today it raised $1 million in private seed funding to expand its mobile platform that enables organizations to engage workers directly, in real time, across global supply chains.
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- Technology