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African E-Commerce Startup Wasoko Partners with Government of Zanzibar to Establish Innovation Hub
The Innovation Hub will focus on building world-class tech solutions to drive Africa’s e-commerce industry, as Wasoko becomes the first anchor company for “Silicon Zanzibar,” a new government initiative to attract tech companies from across Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Payment Service Banks: A Game-Changer for Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Payment service banks are modelled on India’s Payment Banks, with a vision to similarly provide platforms for facilitating high-volume, low-value transactions in remittance, micro-savings, and withdrawals, in a secure technology-driven environment.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Red State Republicans’ War on ESG Will Have Losses on Both Sides
GOP lawmakers in some of the most conservative US states are trying to ban banks and asset managers that consider ESG criteria from their pension funds and municipal markets, but the move might backfire.
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
- Tags
- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: ESG Critics Could be Leaving Money on the Table – And Missing an Opportunity to Make a Real Impact
Investors who ignore the risk of harmful products and disparage ESG as a concept are likely to miss out on its potential to combine environmental, societal and economic benefits.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- ESG, impact investing
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Data-Driven Experiences Critical to Bank Success as Industry Reaches ‘Inflection Point’ in Race for SME Customers
The race for SME (small and medium enterprise) customer primacy has reached a critical inflection point, according to a new guide from London-based Pollinate.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Nigeria, Indonesia, Five Others Home to Half of World’s Unbanked Population
World Bank’s 2021 Global Findex report said about 1.4 billion adults are still unbanked, and do not have an account at a financial institution or with a mobile money provider.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: These Four Countries Are Leading Africa’s Start-Up Scene — Here’s Why
The seventh edition of Disrupt Africa’s African Tech Startups Funding Report revealed that start-ups in the big four raised a combined $1.9 billion in 2021.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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Samsung Develops Prototype ‘Reinvented Toilet’ in Partnership With the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Samsung plans to offer royalty-free licenses of patents related to the project to developing countries during the commercialization stage.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- partnerships
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