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IBM’s Effort to Solve Health Problems in South Africa
IBM Research has established a new research centre in South Africa (its second research centre on the African continent), and has announced several new project collaborations in the area of data-driven healthcare.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Microinsurance policies to be issued to half a million vulnerable people in India
The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) will partner with Uplift India Association to enable over 200,000 microinsurance policies to be issued in India in the next five years, providing coverage to half a million low-income people in the country.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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BlackRock Launches BlackRock Impact Bond Fund
BlackRock has launched the BlackRock Impact Bond Fund (‘the Fund’), a mutual fund that aims to generate competitive financial returns while investing in measurable social and environmental outcomes.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Pay Close Attention to What’s in Your Ethical Fund
The oil company accused of misleading investors by hiding evidence about climate change and Europe’s biggest cigarette maker are among the holdings of some of the 30 biggest funds that invest following environmental or social governance guidelines, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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- Environment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Nigerian Govt Rolls Out N1.6 Billion ‘National Women Empowerment Fund’
To facilitate growth and entrepreneurial development at grassroots level, and in line with the federal government's Social Investment Programmes, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan has announced the roll out of a N1.6 billion naira special intervention fund tagged, 'National Women Empowerment Fund' (NAWEF), which is in partnership with the Ministry and Bank of Industry (BOI).
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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That Cloth Mask for Smoggy Days? A Paper One Works Better.
Across Asia, hundreds of millions of motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians wear face masks to protect themselves against air pollution. The masks come in many sizes and colors: Car-exhaust black is the most common, but Hello Kitty pink, Nike swooshes and Burberry tan plaid have been spotted. What has been lacking, until now, is data on whether they actually work.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- innovation
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Good Business: How Social Enterprises Are Changing Southeast Asia
Within a vast inner-city Melbourne shopping centre, Koky Saly is standing inside his pop-up shop, a stylish cube of glass and steel, telling customers his story. Charming and gregarious, his enthusiasm is palpable as he extols the virtues of his merchandise to a couple browsing.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Zambian Mobile Money Startup Zoona Raises $15M, Eyes 10 African Markets
Zoona, one of the leading money transfer service providers in Zambia and Malawi, raised $15 million in its second round of capital funding as it seeks to spread its operations to ten countries across Africa by 2020.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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