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UNCTAD Calls for Bold Global Action to Decarbonize Shipping and Ensure a Just Transition
The Review of Maritime Transport 2023 urges swift action and system-wide collaboration to decarbonize maritime transport amid growing carbon emissions and regulatory uncertainty.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Global
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TikTok’s E-Commerce Ambitions Stall as Global Backlash Grows
TikTok can advertise to more than 100 million users in Indonesia, but they now need to go on a different app or site to buy.
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- Technology
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mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Comes to Africa
To run the facility, BioNTech is committed to hiring employees locally and within the African Union.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rooftop Solar Power Has a Dark Side
The attorneys general in many states have sued companies that they say targeted vulnerable populations and misrepresented the benefits of rooftop solar.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- North America
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Citi Grants $6 Million in Debt to Colombian Fintech Sempli
This transaction falls under the Scaling Enterprise program, backed by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the Ford Foundation.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- financial inclusion, fintech, lending, MSMEs
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Brazilian Payments Firm, EBANX, Expands into 8 New African Countries
Besides Africa, the fintech firm also revealed its plans for further expansion across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Congo Plans New Copper-Cobalt Smelter to Serve Informal Miners
A US agreement to support a plan between Congo and neighboring Zambia to develop an electric-vehicle value chain was a key factor behind the firm’s decision to sign on to the smelter project.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-mobility, mining
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Google to Launch a Centre for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Google’s new research centre is a positive response to the expectations of the World Food Programme (WFP).
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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