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A stumbling block to growth trips up companies trying to do good
When established social enterprises do secure funding to support their growth it is not necessarily the end to their woes.
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Telecom companies in Uganda face legal battle on unclaimed Mobile Money balances
Gideon Tugume, the Executive Director of Human Rights Defenders – Uganda dragged the telecoms to court demanding that they submit all unclaimed Mobile Money and Airtime balances to the state. He says the money should be sent to the consolidated fund instead of reverting to the service provider.
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‘Increasing maturity’: PwC poll highlights growth of ESG and sustainable investing
Will Jackson-Moore, global private equity, real assets and sovereign fund leader at PwC, said the "really encouraging" poll results showed responsible investment was "starting to come of age in terms of driving sustainable business practice".
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Press release: OPIC Provides Initial Financing to SunFunder’s Solar Energy Transformation Fund to Expand Access to Beyond the Grid Solar
The Solar Energy Transformation Fund is one of a group of investment vehicles managed by SunFunder, a solar energy finance business with offices in the U.S., London and Nairobi working to scale up clean energy access in Africa and Asia by financing solar companies active in off-grid and weak-grid communities.
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Just 2 companies control 50 per cent of India’s smartphone market
The year 2018 ended with just two companies together controlling around 50 per cent share of the India smartphone market.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Press release: Financial Venture Studio Seeks Next Class of Seed-Stage FinTech Startups
Collectively, FVS partners have invested in and advised many of the fastest-growing and most successful fintech startups of the last decade. The Financial Venture Studio is designed to solve for fintech-specific issues the team has seen over the last several years.
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Bill Gates tweeted out a chart and sparked a huge debate about global poverty
I think the basic fact that we’ve made progress in recent decades is important. Politics and the global economy are dismal places, especially if you only see them through the lens of news coverage. It’s easy to become fatalistic.
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Amazon, Western Union debut PayCode to sell goods in emerging markets and let shoppers pay in cash
Amazon has partnered with Western Union to set up a service called PayCode, which lets people shop and pay for Amazon items using local currencies that would not have been accepted on the site before, starting with services in 10 countries.
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