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Technology Billionaire Bill Gates to Double Investment in Clean Energy Projects Over Five Years
Technology billionaire Bill Gates says he’ll plow $2 billion of his own money into breakthrough energy projects that reduce emissions and eschew fossil fuels. The planned investment doubles what Gates already has spent on early-stage energy companies geared to fight climate change, the Financial Times reported Thursday.
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A Clean Bag of Water
It weighs no more than 11 ounces, fits easily into a backpack and looks like any other plastic bag.
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- Agriculture
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- South Asia
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Surviving Pakistan’s Slums: The Extraordinary Story of Mohammad Sabir
Every morning at sunrise, five-year-old Muhammad Sabir stepped out of his house, sagging a garbage bag to his shoulders, filling it with aluminum, plastic, paper scraps or anything he could find to sell. Salvaging trash to survive, he picked up snippets of newspapers and tried to read them.
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- Education, Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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Early Tesla Motors Investors Raise $400 Million Impact VC Fund
Two early investors in Tesla Motors Inc.TSLA +0.96% teamed up and raised a $400 million venture capital fund to back startups that have a positive social or environmental impact, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Different Options for Male Contraception Could Be on Their Way
Last time we heard about Vasalgel, the male contraceptive that is expected to be the first one of its kind to be approved by the FDA, there was hope that it could be available to the public as soon as 2017. It’s now expected to hit the US market at least a year later, but there could be even more options for male birth control by then.
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- Health Care
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Illicit Financial Flows: Digital Pirates Costing Africa Big Bucks, but Mobile Banking Could Surprisingly Save the Day
Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) are moving to the forefront of the international agenda, as governments worldwide join forces to combat money laundering, tax evasion, and international bribery, which make up the bulk of such flows.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Triggering Behavior Change: Children’s Role in Development
In order to end poverty by 2030, everyone needs to do their part, even kids. And they can start by pooping in the toilet and washing their hands.
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- Health Care
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Africa Leads Mobile Money Boom
New data from Juniper Research has revealed how Service Providers are benefiting from the boom in mobile money transfer services - with $2bn in revenues forecast for this year and $4bn annually 2018...
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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