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Asian Development Bank Joins GEAPP To Provide $35 Million For Energy Access And Transition In South And Southeast Asia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) joined the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) to announce $35 million to help boost energy access and the energy transition in South and Southeast Asia.
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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Edves Announces a Strategic Partnership With “1 Million Teachers”
The partnership came about in order to address the dire teacher shortage worldwide and improve the quality of education in Africa.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank, European Union, and France Invest $300 Million in Tanzania’s Hydropower Project
Kakono Hydropower Project to serve four million inhabitants and spur economic activity in the Kagera Region of Tanzania.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: BlueMark Raises $10 Million in Series A to Accelerate Adoption of Its Market-Leading Impact Verification Services, Benchmarks, and Analytics
S&P Global leads Series A round, alongside other new investors including Temasek Trust Capital, Blue Haven Initiative, Gunung Capital, and Tsao Family Office.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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How Timberland, Vans, VF Corporations Are Making Sure Their Cotton Isn’t ‘Greenwashed’
VF Corp., which owns Timberland, Vans and The North Face, bought the first-ever verified regenerative cotton crop in Haiti earlier this year with the help of the Smallholder Farmers Alliance.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Be Excited About Extended Producer Responsibility, Even if It’s Not a Silver Bullet
The bottom line is that a money flow is needed to improve recycling rates, and extended producer responsibility contributes to that.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Global
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- circular economy, recycling, waste
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Ecobodaa and 4 Other Start-Ups Get $1.1 Million for Their Green Solutions in Africa
The funds were secured through a grant from the Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO).
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech, renewable energy, startups
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Togo Secures $100 Million From the World Bank to Boost Access to Drinking Water in Greater Lomé
The funds will help the West African nation bolster access to drinking water in Greater Lomé and improve sanitation services in the surrounding area.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- water
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