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Yingli Europe and SolarAid Launch the World’s Most Affordable Solar Light
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Solar" or "Yingli"), one of the world's leading solar panel manufacturers, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Europe GmbH (Yingli Europe) has partnered with SolarAid, a leading international charity that combats poverty and climate change, to launch the world's most affordable quality solar light, the SM100.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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A Global Push for Youth Financial Inclusion Gains Steam—and Some Big Backers
The global dialogue about the importance of bringing children and young people in financial inclusion landscape has grown over the past few years.
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- Uncategorized
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Tanzanian microinsurance startup Jamii prepares to expand across Africa
Tanzanian micro-health insurance startup Jamii will be expanding across Africa, on the back of grant money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Henry Ford Health System to help create new specialty hospital in India
Henry Ford Health System has signed a contract with Pearl Human Care Private Limited, an India-based company, to provide medical technology and related medical services to a planned 400-bed hospital in Tamil Nadu.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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PRESS RELEASE: USPTO Announces Patents for Humanity Winners
The U.S. Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the latest winners of the Patents for Humanity program. The Patents for Humanity program was launched by the USPTO in February 2012 as part of an Obama administration initiative promoting game-changing innovations to solve long-standing development challenges.
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- Health Care
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- innovation, public health
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Glass Raised to World’s First Social Enterprise Gin
The founders of Edinburgh-based Pickering's Gin have launched what they claim is the world's first social enterprise gin.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Viewpoint: A Bold Bet By the US to End the World’s Most Neglected Diseases
This year, the U.S. government marks 10 years of commitment to fighting neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This is a success story that has largely flown under the radar when instead we should be heralding the progress we have made toward an ambitious vision of a world free from NTDs.
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- Health Care
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- North America
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Ericsson, HomeSend Partner on Mobile Financial Services
Millions of users with Ericsson-powered mobile wallets will be able to send and receive money via a global network of remittance providers, cash agents and banks hubbed by Belgian firm HomeSend.
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- Technology
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- fintech
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