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World Bank Chief ‘Not Certain’ Developing Nations Can Leapfrog With AI
World Bank Group President Ajay Banga is skeptical about AI's leapfrogging opportunity, but experts believe that while challenges exist in Africa, so do opportunities for advancement.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CBC Group Raises $500 Million for Record-Breaking Healthcare Fund
Healthcare plays a pivotal role in this growth, contributing to 20% of direct lending deals in 2024 as per Prospect Capital's analysis of PitchBook data.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Report: Reimagining the Future of Entrepreneurship Support in East Africa
A new report from WDI, "Reimagining the Future of ESOs in East Africa," integrates insights from accelerators, incubators, investors, ESO donors and intermediaries in the East African entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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Germany’s Commitment to the Global Fund Replenishment: A Timely Investment in Health, Equity, and Resilience
"With a successful Replenishment, the Global Fund partnership could help save up to 23 million lives between 2027 and 2029. . . "
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Global
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UNDP Secures $3.2 Million for Climate and Health Funding in Afghanistan
This funding will help strengthen Afghanistan’s response to the health impacts of climate change, especially among vulnerable communities such as internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees, benefiting more than 1.4 million people across 15 provinces.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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AI-Powered Telemedicine Bridges Prenatal Care Gap in Low and Middle-Income Countries
The AI component integrates deep learning models capable of identifying standard fetal planes critical for prenatal assessments.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda Development Bank Secures $30 Million Islamic Finance Facility for SMEs
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) provided Uganda Development Bank (UDB) with $30 million, marking its first financing deal in Uganda and East Africa.
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- Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ICONIQ Impact Launches Women’s Health Co-Lab Targeting $100 Million in Funding
The fund will support 22 organizations addressing health inequities across three focus areas: maternal health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender-based violence.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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- NGOs, partnerships, philanthropy, scale