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‘Nearly Every Indicator of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Is off Track’: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Report
This year's report, "The Future of Progress," especially noted the impact of the pandemic, wars in Ukraine and Yemen.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Education, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Global
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- climate, poverty, SDGs, social impact, sustainability
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Edtech Company Sunstone Bags $35 Million In Series C in India
Sunstone is planning to utilize the fresh funds to expand its presence from the current 35+ cities to 100 cities across India.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- EdTech, education, funding, social impact, startups
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Kenya Is the First Country in Africa to Teach Coding as a School Subject
Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, announced coding will be added as a subject in primary and secondary schools.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- education, employment, jobs, skills training, technology
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Jodo Raises $15 Million In Series A Funding in India
The fund will be utilized to accelerate product innovation and sales, and further grow the Jodo team in India.
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- Education, Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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upGrad Closes Investment Round of USD $210 Million
upGrad, Asia's higher edtech major, has announced a fresh round of fundraise from marquee investors and Family Offices who join the company cap-table.
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- Education, Technology
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UpGrad Valued at $2.25 Billion in Latest Round of Funding
Additionally, it is now finalizing deals with four more education companies, bringing its total to 12 businesses.
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- Education
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- Asia Pacific
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- EdTech, education, funding, technology
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Press Release: The Rockefeller Foundation Launches the Vaccination Action Network to Strengthen Health Systems and Scale Up Covid-19 Vaccinations in sub-Saharan Africa
The Vaccination Action Network is designed to strengthen health systems while scaling up Covid-19 vaccine demand strategies in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pan-African CAIF Fund Closes at $112.8 Million
Tunisia-based multi-asset investment platform AfricInvest and US-based VC firm Cathay Innovation, have completed the final close of their joint Pan-African venture fund.
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- Education, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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