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Ghana Launches $30 Million Education Outcomes Fund to Get Kids into School
The world’s largest education outcomes fund has finally kicked off in Ghana.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- skill development, youth
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Press Release: Thane Kreiner and Steven Lovejoy ’78 Announce $3.7 Million Estate Gift to Santa Clara
Thane Kreiner and Steven Lovejoy ’78 Announce $3.7 Million Estate Gift to Santa Clara.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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- philanthropy
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ANT Gets Asia’s Biggest ESG-Linked Loan in US $6.5 Billion Deal
ANT Group converted a syndicated credit facility into a US$6.5 billion sustainability-linked loan last year, the largest of its kind in Asia-Pacific.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, fintech, governance, lending
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Western Union, MFS Africa to Enable Money Transfers Across Africa
To enable individuals and businesses across Africa to receive money from over 200 countries and territories, the continent’s largest payment gateway, MFS Africa, has partnered with Western Union.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: ANDE Releases New Study Showing Green Entrepreneurship in Kenya Offers $122.7 Billion Market Opportunity for Small Businesses
Findings from ANDE will support investors and entrepreneurs to enhance their market development strategies and help drive a green economy focused on the Kenyan small business sector.
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- Agriculture, Transportation, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Upload Ventures, a SoftBank Latin America Spinout, Seeks to Raise a $250 Million Fund
Less than one year after Upload Ventures spun out of SoftBank’s investment arm, the Latin American–focused investment arm is seeking to raise a $250 million fund.
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- Investing, Telecommunications
- Region
- Latin America
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Singapore Fund Seeks $168 Million to Provide Millions of Stoves to Poor Families in India and Africa
The Indore, India-based EKI will invest US$25 million in the fund and make the stoves, according to Icam chief investment officer Deepak Mawandia.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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Sequoia Heats up Early-Stage Startup Investments in India and Southeast Asia
Portfolio startups of Surge, Sequoia's early-stage focused investments effort launched in 2019, have collectively raised over $2B in follow-on funding.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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