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d.light Harnesses $125 Million to Boost Off-Grid Solar Solutions in Tanzania
d.light champions the mission of providing affordable solar-powered household commodities.
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- Energy, Finance, Social Enterprise, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: New Research from Financial Health Network Shows 90% of Working-Age People with Disabilities are Not Financially Healthy
Report also finds that 93% of people with disabilities are unfamiliar with ABLE Accounts, the primary tool offered by the government for building and maintaining assets without losing public benefits.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- North America
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Founders Factory Africa Closes $114 Million Round to Better Serve Founders in Africa
Accelerators are the lifeblood of the African ecosystem where funding for startups is hard to come by.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mastercard to Purchase a Minority Stake in MTN’s $5.2 Billion Fintech Business
According to MTN Group president and CEO Ralph Mupita, the deal will be structured as a commercial partnership on payments and remittances.
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- Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, fintech, remittances
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Viewpoint: What Happened to the Microfinance Organization Kiva?
A group of strikers argue that the organization seems more focused on making money than creating change. Are they right?
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Philippines’ Bank of Philippines Island’s Green Bond Gets $250 Million Investment from International Finance Corporation
The Philippines' third largest bank issues a green bond to finance renewable energy and electric vehicles in the IFC’s biggest deal with a financial institution in the country yet.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Transportation
- Region
- South Asia
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Report: International Youth Day: It’s Time to Empower Youth with Skills for the Future
This report outlines the concrete progress 10,000 young innovators, activists and entrepreneurs made over the year to deliver on projects.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Novata and GIIN Partner to Simplify Impact Metric Collection for Investors
This move enables fund managers to collect, manage and analyze standardized impact data from companies.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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