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Netherlands Commits $10 Million for UNCTAD’s Work on Digital Economy, Business and Investment Facilitation
The Netherlands’ support has so far strengthened digital business and investment facilitation in six countries in Africa and one each in Asia and Latin America.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Global
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Press Release: Madagascar to Expand Access to Social Protection for Extremely Poor Households Thanks to $250 Million in World Bank Financing
This new project will be implemented over a period of four years and will target extremely poor households throughout all of the 23 regions of Madagascar.
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- Education, Finance, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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$2 Million-Backed Ouranos Lab Launches to Develop Innovative Enterprise Solutions Out of Africa
Ouranos Lab is a venture studio focused on building the products and solutions that will power the future of enterprise technology in Africa.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Adani Crisis Could Push Clean Energy Investors Away From India
The Adani crisis is bound to affect how foreign investors see the country and, by extension, how willing they are to provide capital for the transition.
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- Asia Pacific
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Interview: This Online Platform Is Helping Relief Agencies Send Cash Aid to Rural Somalia
Hormuud Telecom is helping donors reach millions of Somali residents engulfed by hunger and starvation, while eliminating the fear of terrorist attacks.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Botswana/Zambia: KFW Finances €8.8 Million for Drinking Water and Sanitation
The financing is for the implementation of the first phase of the Kazungula Water and Sanitation Project.
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- WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- sanitation, water
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Despite Billions to Get off Coal, Why Is Indonesia Still Building New Coal Plants?
Despite Indonesia's renewable aspirations, the country has many coal-friendly policies which this deal might not address, including an exemption to build more coal plants.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Asia Pacific
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Three Youth-Led African Agritech Businesses Receive Investment To Help Scale Up African Agriculture
African youth-led Agritech businesses will receive mentorship and $1.5 million in grants to help them expand solutions to long-standing challenges faced by smallholder farmers across the continent.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech, impact investing
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