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Quality Education in Africa: EU Launches €100 Million Regional Teachers’ Initiative
Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen launched a Regional Teachers' Initiative for Africa, a €100 million investment from the EU budget in empowering the world's fastest-growing youth population through quality education.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Lasting Scars of Education Losses in Latin America and the Caribbean
The crisis generated significant learning losses, which, if not remediated, will also cause a spike in dropout rates.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- Latin America
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- COVID-19
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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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Edtech Startup Toddle Raises $17 Million From Sequoia Capital India, Others
This comes as B2C K-12 online edtech startups in India have been suffering post-pandemic with demand falling, while those operating in the B2B edtech segments witnessed tailwinds of growth with schools more open to adopting innovation.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- edtech
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Varthana Raises $7 Million From MicroVest to Transform Affordable Education in India
The funds from MicroVest aim to support Varthana in transforming affordable education in rural India.
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- Asia Pacific
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Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban All Education for Girls
Afghan girls and women have been squeezed out of public and professional life since the Taliban takeover last year
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- Education
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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YouTube’s Courses to Offer Structured Learning on the Platform
Google for India reveals its plan to offer structured learning on the video-sharing platform, YouTube.
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- Education
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- edtech, employment
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Analysis: Slum Women of India’s Cleanest City Exposed to Household Air Pollution
Indore has around 30% of its population living in slums with most households using mud stoves and unaware of health hazards.
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- Education, Energy, Environment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- clean cooking
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