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Press Release: Mobile Money Adoption Within IDP Camps in Somalia Provides Unlikely Blueprint for Navigating COVID Pandemic
Internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps are relying upon Somalia’s intricate mobile money infrastructure to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Accelerating the adoption of mobile money by IDPs across Somalia has been shown to be effective in mitigating the risk of the COVID-19 spreading while providing rapid fund delivery.
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- Coronavirus, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: COVID-19 and the Future of Work in Africa’s Mobile Industry – What the Experts Say
In 2019, the GSMA conducted research on Powering Youth Employment through the Mobile Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2025. Since then, the world’s employment market has experienced unprecedented uncertainties because of COVID-19.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Sustainable Finance Addresses Social Justice as COVID-19 Raises the Stakes
Early in the pandemic, the coronavirus was seen as the "great leveler," hitting rich and poor alike. Instead, it's become apparent that COVID-19 is the "great divider," aggravating the many structural inequities between richer and poorer nations and people--leading to demands for social justice.
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- Coronavirus
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IEA: Global Renewables Capacity To Grow in 2020 Despite Pandemic
Renewables will hit yet another global growth record in 2020 as the industry shows resilience in the face of COVID-19 impacts.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- renewable energy
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Will China Help Ease the COVID-19 Debt Burden on Emerging Markets?
Debt management has become a key challenge for many emerging markets as the coronavirus pandemic continues, with major creditors debating the suspension and perhaps even reduction of debt.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Impact Assessment
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Press Release: BlueOrchard Announces the Launch of a COVID-19 Support Fund That Aims To Support More Than 200 Million Jobs in Emerging and Frontier Markets
BlueOrchard Finance Ltd (BlueOrchard), a leading impact investment manager and member of the Schroders Group, is pleased to announce the launch of the “BlueOrchard Covid-19 Emerging and Frontier Markets MSME Support Fund."
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- impact investing, MSMEs
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Interview: Building Resilience by Shortening Supply Chains
Oumar Barou Togola is founder and executive chair of Farafena, a Vancouver-based social enterprise that imports and sells grain, flour and other food products grown by women farmers in the African nations of Mali and Malawi.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: VisionSpring Launches Ergonomic and Affordable Handwashing Stations: To Be Available Across India
VisionSpring (www.visionspring.org), the pioneering social enterprise working with a mission to provide clear vision to all through eyeglasses, announced the launch of ergonomic and affordable handwashing stations across India to provide easy access to hand hygiene for hospitals and healthcare providers, NGOs, CSRs, Government, schools, transport hubs, and workplaces and factories. The launch comes as there is a gradual attempt by the Government towards the restoration of normalcy in India while it still grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific