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MasterCard Foundation Investing $47M in Agricultural Finance Projects Across Africa
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has commended the MasterCard Foundation's pronouncement of investing $47 million in agricultural finance projects across Africa, including $15 million for a partnership with AGRA that will deliver financial support to 730,000 farming households.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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World Bank Approves $25M Loan to Support Mozambique’s Financial Sector Development
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved a loan of 25 million US dollars to support the Mozambican government's financial sector development strategy.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Facebook Reaches Deal to Beam Internet to Africa From Space
Facebook has reached a deal to have free internet beamed to some of the most remote parts of Africa via satellite.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MIT-USAID Program Releases Evaluation of Water Filters
The United Nations now estimates that 90 percent of the world’s population has access to improved drinking water. But the story of access to safe drinking water is more complex, especially when it comes to the 2.7 billion people who live on less than $2 a day: In developing countries around the world, tens of millions of people rely on water filtration and purification products each year to improve their drinking water in the absence of proper infrastructure providing clean water.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Pacific-Rim Nations Led by U.S. Agree to Historic Trade Deal
A dozen Pacific-rim nations agreed to an historic pact that would cut trade barriers on items ranging from cars to rice, setting up a potentially contentious ratification vote before a skeptical U.S. Congress.
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- Agriculture
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- Asia Pacific
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- public policy
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Bringing MFS Providers Under a Platform Remains a Challenge in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Bank move to integrate a total of seven business entities including four commercial banks into Mobile Financial Services platform poses challenge.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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Impact Hub Launches Entrepreneur Fellowship in Africa
Impact Hub has officially launched a fellowship in 3 African countries – Burundi, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone – specifically designed at helping impact entrepreneurs make their innovations sustainable. The Hub’s Resilience Africa initiative is to launch hubs and two varying types of incubators in six African countries in partnership with Cordaid, an NGO from Netherlands.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cleo Bachelor of the Year Hunk Dustin Leonard’s Mission to Give Away 500,000 Condoms in Africa
CLEO Bachelor of the Year finalist Dustin Leonard hasn’t had time to celebrate his nomination — the hunky American expat has been busy distributing half a million free condoms in Africa.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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