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Funding the unfunded: India helps small business borrow to grow
A new bank announced in the annual budget last week could boost loans and cut borrowing costs for the country's cash-starved small businesses - tailors, mechanics and phone booth operators who account for around a fifth of the economy.
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This Firm Keeps Capital Flowing to Micro-Entrepreneurs
The global financial crisis didn’t dent the demand for loans from small businesses and micro-entrepreneurs around the world. But it sure whacked the supply of capital available to lend to them.
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Ghanaian startup hopes “ethical pricing” prompts surge in African Bitcoin remittances
Ghanaian startup Beam is banking on the fact heavily undercutting other remittance services will lead to large uptake of Bitcoin across Africa.
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MasterCard CEO says financial inclusion is our generation’s big responsibility
MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga discussed financial inclusion at Mobile World Congress.
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Start-Up Hubs Multiply in East Africa
The African continent has become home to a new wave of creativity and talent, with Nairobi as the hotbed of innovation.
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PRESS RELEASE: Free Loan-Repayment Processing Helps Grameen America Increase Macro Impact on Women
Through PayNearMe, Grameen America Borrowers Gain Convenient Option to Repay Loans at 7,800 7-Eleven Stores Nationwide, as Grameen Expands Solution to California and New York.
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PRESS RELEASE: Lighting Science and Global Good to Develop Light-Based Alternatives to Pesticides
Lighting Science Group Corporation and Intellectual Ventures’ Global Good today announced a research agreement to collaborate on the development of next-generation light technologies for pest control.
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Johns Hopkins Researchers Identify Key to Tuberculosis Resistance
The cascade of events leading to bacterial infection and the immune response is mostly understood. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the immune response to the bacteria that causes tuberculosis have remained a mystery — until now.
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