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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces $1 Million in Grants to Advance Inclusive Employer Practices
The WES Mariam Assefa Fund announced US$1 million in grants to eight organizations to develop career pathways that support the economic mobility and success of immigrants and refugees.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- North America
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Asian Development Bank Approves $96.3 Million Loan to Provide Safe Drinking Water in Himachal Pradesh
The ADB project will connect 75,800 households to the service, providing uninterrupted water supply to about 370,000 residents across 10 districts.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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OS-Climate Unleashes Power of Open Source to Develop Data and Tools Required to Meet the Paris Climate Goals
Linux Foundation’s OS-Climate has released for public collaboration three analytic tools critical to tackling the climate crisis.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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- climate change, data
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Bluejay Raises $2.9 Million to Promote Financial Inclusion in Asia
The decentralized stablecoin protocol aims to create an avenue to develop more stablecoin solutions centered around fiat currencies other than the US dollar.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: 300 Haitian Homes Energised with Clean Energy
300 households in rural Haiti have been equipped with Okra Solar’s innovative Mesh-Grid technology.
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- Energy
- Region
- Latin America
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- climate health, energy access, solar
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Press Release: CrossBoundary Energy Secures US $40 Million in Equity to Expand Commercial and Industrial Portfolio Across Africa
The equity will allow CrossBoundary Energy to further scale its investments in renewable energy solutions for commercial and industrial businesses across Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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XLD Finance Raises $13 Million Pre-Series A Funding Led by Dragonfly Capital and Infinity Ventures Crypto
The funds will be used to enable XLD Finance to scale its product and engineering teams to accelerate its API and product development efforts.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Report: Rubber Used by Leading European Tire Makers Linked to Forest Loss in Africa
France’s Michelin and Germany’s Continental AG, are sourcing rubber from agribusinesses implicated in deforestation and undermining land rights in western and central Africa.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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