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How impact investing can tackle the plastic crisis
According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 32 per cent of plastic packaging escapes collection systems worldwide and, if current trends continue, the weight of plastic in the oceans could surpass the weight of fish by 2050.
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- Environment, Investing
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Viewpoint: Here is Why Social Entrepreneurs are Silent Revolutionaries
State Institutions lack typical characteristics that enterprises have – greater focus on outcomes and ability to explore various models to solve complex problems. That is where social entrepreneurs come in.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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LeapFrog Takes Majority Stake in India’s Ascent Meditech
LeapFrog Investments, an emerging markets-focused private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in the Indian health products company Ascent Meditech Ltd.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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90% of our money transfers to Rwanda via mobile phones – World Remit
“Transfers to mobile money accounts make up 90 per cent of WorldRemit’s transactions to Rwanda, and is growing rapidly,” a statement from Worldremit reads in part.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Fintech May Be the Future of Ridehailing for Grab, Uber
Grab, a Singapore-based company whose app allows customers to order taxis, cars, and even motor bikes on-demand, has recently expanded into mobile payments. GrabPay—once just a way for passengers to pay their driver digitally with their phones—debuted in November to other merchants and small businesses that can now use the product to accept mobile payments.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- digital payments, fintech
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Exclusive: Kenya’s Safaricom taking M-Pesa to Ethiopia, sources say
M-Pesa could transform Ethiopia’s economy, as it has done in Kenya, by allowing people to sidestep a decrepit and inefficient banking system and send each other money and make payments at the touch of a button.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release: Circulate Capital Launches New Venture to Invest in Solutions to Ocean Plastic
The new Company evolved out of the “Closed Loop Ocean” project, following commitments made by Closed Loop Partners, Ocean Conservancy, and a number of corporate partners at the Our Ocean Summit in Malta in October 2017 to create financing vehicles focused on preventing plastic from flowing into the ocean.
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- Press release
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- Environment
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India’s Banking Revolution Has Left Its Villagers Behind
Because Modi’s government effectively forced poor citizens into the banking system by linking some welfare benefits to bank accounts, villagers have ended up stuck in long queues and struggling with ATMs that often run out of cash or break down.
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- South Asia
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