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Analysis: Emerging Markets: Secrets of Resilient Multinationals
Succeeding in emerging markets is hard enough. To succeed year after year, decade after decade, is an astounding accomplishment. Here’s how some winning multinationals do it.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- manufacturing
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Viewpoint: What went wrong at Jumia, ‘Africa’s First Unicorn’?
Vanity metrics, an obsession to list instead of fixing problems, and a problematic workplace culture turned Jumia from unicorn to carthorse.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce, startups
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Sustainable Investing’s Solid 2019 is Due to Strong Performance in Tech Stocks
Big banks and financial firms have been adding so-called responsible investing products while at the same time there’s debate whether investors should seek profits, a greater good, or a combination of both.
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- Investing, Technology
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- impact investing
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Press Release: Blockchain Start-up Proof of Impact Announces Close of Investment Round led by Franklin Templeton
This first investment round allows Proof of Impact to continue its fast growth and execute its ambitious goal of securitizing proven impact and bringing proven impact investment products to global capital markets.
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- Press Release
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- Investing, Technology
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- blockchain, impact investing, SDGs, startups
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Tech CEOs Visit Africa As ‘Source Of Innovation And Talent’
"Most importantly, and beyond the visits, actual commitments are made: Google’s first AI lab in Africa (in Accra, Ghana) was announced by Sundar Pichai in June 2018 and was opened earlier this year; while Ethiopia and the Alibaba Group just inaugurated a global trade platform on Monday. I am hopeful the deals and the partnerships, not just the trips, will keep coming."
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Research: How Technology Could Promote Growth in 6 African Countries
We examined three primary categories of levers that could translate digital technology uptake into development and inclusive growth: jobs enabled by digital platforms; institutional drivers necessary for digital success; and the foundational digital potential of the country.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: African Entrepreneurs Will Drive the Next Digital Revolution
I believe that Africa’s future will be built by its entrepreneurs — by the hungry dreamers who view problems as opportunities. Looking into the eyes of the young people I met in 2017, I saw the future heroes of Africa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Silicon Valley-Backed App Lenders Use Phone Data to Hassle Borrowers
Silicon Valley venture capital is funding a wave of fintech startups in India that use data from borrowers’ cellphones to collect on debts in ways that are illegal in both India and the U.S.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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- fintech, lending, regulations