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Dangote to invest $450m on agriculture in Niger
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President, Dangote Group on Monday disclosed that the company would invest $450million in agriculture development in Niger State over the next three years.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Gates Foundation to Improve Enterprise Productivity in Tanzania
The co-founder of Microsoft landed in Dar es Salaam to support Tanzania’s financial inclusion agenda. The project has been launched by Gates and other joining leaders from government, financial service providers, mobile network operators and digital financial service providers.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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National Bank of Kenya and WorldRemit’s join monetary forces
The newly-formed allegiance sees a partnership which will enable Kenyans living abroad to make instant transfers to Kenya.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Philanthropy King: Bill Gates Gives Away $4.6 Billion, Unveils New Campaign To Combat Malaria
Gates gave away $4.6 billion in Microsoft shares in June to his personal charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, according to a filing published Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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- Health Care
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Tough times spur spirit of entrepreneurialism in Middle East and North Africa
Female social entrepreneurs to have emerged in the wake of the Arab Spring.
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- Uncategorized
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- North Africa & Near East
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IIX’s Women’s Livelihood Bond Officially Listed on the Singapore Exchange
The US$8 million debt security will impact over 385,000 women in Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines through enhanced access to credit, market linkages, and affordable goods and services that will build women’s resilience to socio-economic shocks and stresses.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- ESG
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Communications tech biggest catalyst for ICT in Africa – Gartner
Speaking to ITWeb Africa ahead of the Gartner Symposium scheduled for September in Cape Town, principal research analyst William Hahn said Gartner's 2017 Hype Cycle for ICT in Africa confirms that communication technologies are setting the ICT agenda for the region.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q&A: Founder of China’s first foundation talks future of philanthropy
China is home to the second largest percentage of the world’s billionaires, but philanthropy there remains a relatively new, emerging trend.
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- Asia Pacific
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- philanthropy
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