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The Internet of Living Things
Volunteers around the world and pocket-size genomic sequencers could play an increasing role in protecting global health and ecosystems.
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- Health Care, Technology
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UNCTAD adviser, Alibaba’s Jack Ma, launches African Young Entrepreneurs Fund
Mr. Ma said that he would also work with UNCTAD help bring 200 budding African businesspeople to his homeland China to learn from Alibaba hands on.
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- Uncategorized
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U.S. Impact Investing Alliance Launches to Scale the Practice of Impact Investing
The Alliance was founded last year by representatives from philanthropy, business and finance to champion the potential of impact investing by increasing awareness of impact investing in the U.S., fostering deployment of and demand for impact capital across asset classes globally, and by partnering with policymakers and other stakeholders to build the impact investing ecosystem.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing, philanthropy
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Bitcoin – an opportunity for African trade?
Bitcoin continues to be the subject of much debate and controversy, but for many African companies the choice is simple. For them, the cryptocurrency is not at all related to anonymous black market business – it’s about enabling them to flourish. Sanne Wass speaks with Elizabeth Rossiello of BitPesa to find out more.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Is it time to rethink humanitarian insurance?
The human and financial costs of climate and other natural disasters are increasing. These disasters disproportionately affect the poorest and most vulnerable populations- who lose much more of their wealth when disaster strikes.
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- Environment
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- climate change, insurance
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Nearly a Billion People Still Defecate Outdoors. Here’s Why.
The problem isn’t just a lack of toilets—it’s a lack of toilets that people want to use. The result: millions of deaths and disease-stunted lives.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- SDGs
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Ghana spends millions to enhance digital address systems
Africa needs innovation to effectively deploy address systems and open up economic opportunities.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Farmers are the secret ingredient for Ghana’s most innovative startups
In the space of just a few years, Williams would go from studying space to selling beauty products sourced from the moringa, opening a new commercial opportunity for local farmers through the process. His company, MoringaConnect, is part of a wave of savvy young entrepreneurs who are turning to the country’s troubled agricultural sector, and the millions of farmers toiling in it, as source of inspiration for their ideas.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech
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