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USAID is incubating start-ups to tackle poverty problems
With his nifty PowerPoint slides and carefully crafted pitch, Yashraj Khaitan might be mistaken for any other fast-talking, code-savvy Bay Area millennial boasting that he has hit on the idea to solve a vexing world problem.Yet, in Khaitan's case, some very influential people in Washington think he may be right.The federal government agency charged with easing world hunger and poverty has bet a million dollars on Khaitan's tiny start-up. It is among a handful of companies that the US Agency for International Development is looking to as it seeks to upend the way aid agencies go about trying to improve living conditions in some of the world's most deeply impoverished places.
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- South Asia
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G8 report sheds light on the process of building the impact investing market
A G8 task force on impact investing published a report on September 15th, with its recommendations on how to push forward the market.
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Morgan Stanley Adds ‘Impact’ Portfolios in Brokerage
Morgan Stanley (MS), which has set a goal of attracting $10 billion of client assets to sustainable investing products over the next few years, is adding two such portfolios for its wealth-management customers.
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- Impact Assessment
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Kenya MPs to rule on Equity Mobile Virtual Network Operator services
Equity Bank will have to wait a little longer before rolling out its Mobile Virtual Network Operator services in Kenya.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- mobile finance
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Nigeria: Massive Response to Historic Mobile Money Network
Hundreds of residents have thronged meetings and training sessions organized for prospective sales agents for the country's first super mobile money network.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Growth Africa Announces a New Partnership to Accelerate Green Enterprises in Africa
A new acceleration programme was announced for green entrepreneurs at the Seed Africa Symposium 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. This ambitious, continental acceleration programme targets green entrepreneurs looking to take their innovations to scale in Africa.The Green Pioneer Accelerator Programme has been developed for early stage companies looking to position themselves for scale. Applicants should either have a working prototype with clear market demand and/or already be generating revenue. This programme is designed to support entrepreneurs who have ambitions to take the next step in growing their business to a national and regional scale.
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WHO to Start New Global Health Initiative For Needle Safety
At the TEDMED conference in Washington, DC, Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, assistant director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), revealed that the organization will announce its third-ever global health initiative and policy in October. The initiative this time is around needle safety
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Glaxo’s Ebola Vaccine and the Rise of Tropical-Disease R&D
Financial arguments may finally be leading Big Pharma to increase its minuscule investment in research and development of new drugs for tropical diseases.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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