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Low-cost warrior CavinKare reboots for better profits
Three years ago when Chennai-based consumer products maker CavinKare decided to shift its focus from low-priced goods to premium products, it was clear the company had embarked on a journey to reinvent itself.
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- South Asia
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Social investment needs investees, not just investors
Cabinet office backs new network to improve the reach and quality of support for early-stage social entrepreneurs
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Global leaders sign comprehensive charter to tackle stunting in children
The fight against stunting - the world's most urgent nutritional challenge - got a big boost through a global agreement signed by world leaders in London on Saturday.
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- Health Care
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- nutrition
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AfDB Signs a Usd 100 Million Risk Participation Agreement With Commerzbank Ag to Support Trade Finance in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) formally signed on May 29th in Marrakech, Morocco, in the prelude of the 48th AfDB Annual Meetings, a USD 100 million unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) with Commerzbank AG under which the two banks will share the default risk on a portfolio of eligible trade transactions originated by African issuing banks in Africa and confirmed by Commerzbank AG.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Google’s Next Cloud Product: Google Blimps To Bring Wireless Internet to Africa
Not content with offering super-fast broadband in Austin and Kansas City, Google has plans to use blimps to deliver wide-area wireless internet connectivity in Africa and other emerging markets, according to reports in the the Wall Street Journal and a post on Google’s Africa blog.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A social media platform for the rural masses
Mobile Vaani is an interactive voice response system that enables people to share and create content
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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At Grameen Foundation, an international nonprofit becomes a software developer
The Grameen Foundation was providing health care to pregnant women in Ghana in 2010 when the organization had an idea: As cellphones become more widely available in developing nations, health information can be quickly disseminated to poor patients in remote locations via voice and text messaging.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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