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Amazon Launches Its Global Computer Science Education Initiative in India
Amazon will partner with multiple education-focused non-profit organisations to take quality computer education to students of government schools across Karnataka, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Telangana.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- e-commerce, edtech, nonprofits
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Indian Online Learning Platform Vedantu Becomes Unicorn With $100 Million Funding
Online learning platform Vedantu has raised $100 million in a new financing round and has become the latest Indian startup to become a unicorn following a year of strong growth.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Ford, Macarthur Foundations Launch $5 Million Fund to Support ‘Youth Ecosystem’ in Nigeria
NYFF is a five-year collaborative fund seeded by $3 million from the Ford Foundation and $2 million from the MacArthur Foundation.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- youth
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Report: Education Is in Danger of Collapsing in a Quarter of Countries. These 8 Are Most At Risk.
Education has taken a serious blow from Civil conflict, climate disasters, and COVID-19 says Save the Children’s report.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- Global
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- climate change, youth
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Vietnamese Livestreaming-Focused Edtech Firm Bags $1.5 Million Funding
The Vietnamese startup Marathon offers live online tutoring sessions on its platform that connect teachers with students virtually.
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- Education, Technology
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- South Asia
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$5 Billion Smart Village and Learning Project in Ghana
TPT Global Tech (TPTW) has entered into a strategic technology agreement with Skybridge West Africa (SWA) to partake in the development of 20 smart villages in Ghana, West Africa.
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- Education, Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s Eruditus Valued at $3.2 Billion in $650 Million Fundraise
The universities and Eruditus work to develop courses that are aimed at offering higher education to students.
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- Education
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- Global
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- edtech, global development, startups
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Analysis: Education in a crisis: How Does India Cope and Improve
The pandemic has set back a lot of progress made in education, but all is not lost. Now is the time to reimagine education.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- Asia Pacific