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Analysis: Do Gig Workers’ Voices Count?
The recent NITI Aayog report on India's growing gig and platform economy fails to address the issues of workers’ rights, welfare, and security.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Asia Pacific
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Modus Expands to Sub-Saharan Africa With the Launch of Its AI and Blockchain-Focused $75 Million Fund
New York-based venture platform Modus has launched Modus Africa, a venture capital fund for AI and blockchain startups across sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Re/Make Fashion Accountability 2022 Report Finds Apparel Brands And Retailers Need To Do More
Re/make’s 2022 Fashion Accountability Report finds a few promising trends, but said much more work needs to be done to bring sustainability and social justice to manufacturing.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- South Asia
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Analysis: Profiling the Indian SAAS Landscape – A $1 Trillion Opportunity for Businesses
India’s rapidly digitizing business ecosystem has accelerated opportunities for the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) segment within the information technology (IT) sector.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- digitization, small business, SMEs, startups, technology
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Zero Carbon Tech for Building Materials Gets $12 Billion Commitment at COP27
A coalition of global companies has agreed to purchase commitments for zero carbon and green technologies to decarbonize the cement and concrete industry.
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- Entrepreneurship, Environment, Technology
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- Global
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China’s Loss Is Mexico’s Gain: Bank of America Says a Transformed Global Supply Chain Means Nearshoring Investment in the Country Is a ‘Lifetime Opportunity’
The nearshoring momentum could represent a major rethink of global supply chains, and some countries could be in line for a windfall because of it.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Global
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Yaydoo Buys Oyster to Scale B2B Payments Solutions Across Latin America
B2B solutions provider Yaydoo has acquired payments solution Oyster Financial in a move to boost its position as a B2B payments solution provider in Latin America.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Latin America
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IndusInd Bank to Loan $150 Million From DFC to Support Women Entrepreneurs in India
The private sector lender will use the proceeds to lend to women borrowers in rural communities of Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Asia Pacific
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