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Scotiabank launches $3 Billion Loan Fund for Women Entrepreneurs
Scotiabank Jamaica has set aside $3 billion as loan financing for women entrepreneurs in a refreshed plan to address what the bank says is the under-representation of women in the business world.
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- North Africa & Near East
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European Investment Bank Lends Ecobank Group $113 Million for SMEs in Africa, With Emphases on Women, Adjusting to COVID-19
The purpose is to help develop the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, with a particular emphasis on the businesses that have been “most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: ‘Last on the Rung’: Africa Deals With Fallout From a ‘Made in the USA’ Supply Chain Crisis
Shipping lines flock to Asia-to-U.S. trade lanes at expense of many developing nations.
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- Global
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EIB-Supported Gender Lens Investment Fund Alitheia IDF Announces Final Close at $100 Million
Largest gender-inclusive private equity fund in Africa; 2X Flagship fund applying the 2X Challenge criteria; Boosting diversity across Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PanAfrican Capital Holdings Sets up the Catalyst Project To Promote African Entrepreneurship
PanAfrican Capital Holdings ‘PAC Holdings’ has set up a venture capital project, to be known as The Catalyst to identify and invest in growth to product-expansion stage companies.
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Analysis: Secondhand Fashion: Is It Really Good for Africa?
Used or surplus clothing from Western countries often ends up in Africa. Whether that’s good remains open to question.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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With Limited Electric Vehicle Options, Uber Embraces Carbon Offsets in Latin America
Uber has set out to be carbon neutral by 2040, but the ride hailing company has picked a route in parts of Latin America that is fraught with challenges.
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Tencent Leads $48 Million Investment in South Africa Startup
Tencent Holdings Ltd. has invested in a South African financial-technology provider helping the Chinese internet giant expand in the continent’s most developed economy.
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